Lead by example decimated

Regarding the June 15 front-page article “Still a colonel: Johnson sentenced to reprimand, fine for fraud, adultery, bigamy”: Col. James H. Johnson III, a West Point graduate with 26 years of service in the grade of colonel, is allowed to buy his way out of punishment and return to his bigamist lifestyle while Army commands punish and discharge enlisted soldiers for heinous crimes of drug and alcohol abuse? He pleads guilty to some 15 charges and he walks?

I guess the days of lead by example are gone — not only by Col. Johnson, but the court-martial panel, all colonels. Maybe this is a clue as to why the U.S. Army has more than its share of problems, which I doubt appearance standards will rectify.