The fall of great organizations happens gradually. They tend to crumble from the inside out. That is what we are seeing with the latest self-caused disaster at the Department of Defense (DOD), which has walked itself into a political minefield.
In a statement last Friday after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that nothing was more important to him or to the DOD than “the health and well-being of our Service members, the civilian workforce and DOD families.” Emphasizing his commitment to “taking care of our people and ensuring the readiness and resilience of our Force,” Austin said that he was “examining this decision closely and evaluating our policies to ensure we continue to provide seamless access to reproductive health care as permitted by federal law.”
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