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* In ''[[The Lost Fleet]]'' series the Alliance navy has become this after a century of constant warfare and massive attrition in the officer ranks. Neither officers or enlisted personal salute anymore and ship captains actually get to vote on the fleet commanders battle strategy. When Jack Geary is put in charge of the fleet he reintroduces saluting and makes sure that his orders are followed without any voting. His main problem is that he does not have enough senior competent officers to replace all the idiots and glory hounds who refuse to follow his orders. The only units who still maintain proper military discipline are the Marine detachments.
* ''[[Catch-22]]'' has, among its many things, a man who keeps intentionally getting court-martialled so as to get sentenced to dig ditches instead of go on the front lines. He also fraternizes with the officers.
* [[Honor Harrington]] tends to be something of an aversion except in specific areas. Officers from [[Upper Class Twit|really resplendent families]] get to wear a [[Custom Uniform]] and are [[Nepotism|favored in promotion]] although to be fair if they prove incompetent they also usually end up dead because cowardice is not a Mantie vice of whatever class in society (there is one exception, and he ends up killed in a less honorable manner). All that said the Royal Manticorean Navy maintains a strict chain of command. In the Novella, ''The Service of the Sword'', a Marine non-com of many a year respects the orders of an [[Ensign Newbie]] because of her rank. And it is specifically said that non-coms are allowed "respectful disaggreement" with a lot of seniority, but this comes to no more than an, "if you say so sir".
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