@transgrammaractivist @caekislove @Xenophon @DEERBLOOD @EssentialUtinsil It's not the fragging that stops them, it's the *threat* of fragging that stops them. It's like the concept of "fleet-in-being", simply having to defend against it pulls resources away from what they need to do. It adds friction to every level of the operation, which is the fastest way to kill an operation.

1. Internal security checkpoints on all bases, limiting communication and trust between soldiers and officers.
2. Incompetent people are promoted due to lack of "trustworthy" talent.
3. Officers refusing to go too far out in their missions, to avoid being left alone with hostile or incompetent draftees.
4. Logistics, maintenance, and intelligence getting increasingly unreliable from too many bad actors.
5. Fire support, CASEVACs, resupply & reinforcements get slower or non-existent from the problems in 1-4, leading to dropping morale and more radicalization.

The end result is a 3rd world army that eats up its' own supplies while accomplishing little or nothing.