Leaders are always difficult to find. I thought you might enjoy a few excerpts from actual military fitness reports taken from the files of the British Royal Navy and Marine Corps. Here is how they evaluated some of their recruits:

"His men would follow him anywhere," says one evaluation, "but only out of curiosity."

"He would be out of his depth in a . . . puddle," says another.

"He is technically sound, but socially impossible," concludes another.

From here they get even more depressing:

"This man is depriving a village somewhere of its idiot."

"This officer is really not so much of a hasbeen, but more of a definitely won'tbe."

"This young lady has delusions of adequacy."

"She sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them."

"This officer should go faran…