The Real Test of Integrity in the Military (It’s Not What You Think)

Military values like honor, integrity, and courage don’t matter much when everything is calm, supervised, and low-risk. They matter when you’re tired, frustrated, authority is real, and nobody’s watching. Today LTC Kirkland breaks down why military values only hold under pressure if they’ve been trained as habits, using Aristotle’s practical ethics as the framework. Aristotle didn’t treat virtue…