This is patently untrue. I'll be one of the first to say, as a supervisor of approx 30 Airmen, although they've been taught/raised somewhat differently than folks were in that day and age, and I along with many fellow NCOs and SNCOs opine of their differences, greatness exists within our young Americans. They just need a good leader and mentor that cultures their strength fortitude integrity courage and will. A leader that enables them to face and conquer their weaknesses, that empowers them to know they hold within their grasp the frail thread that weaves the tapestry of what it means to be an American--which by the way is different for every one. That leader NEEDS to be a parent, if not a parent, then a teacher; if not a teacher then an NCO.