 American army officers felt the plan was "ill started, ill fated and hopefully short lived" with some thinking it was a scheme of Taylor's to increase the number of active divisions in the army when he had actually cut their combat manpower.Westmoreland recalled that the Pentomic structure, with all its flaws was a creature of the Chief of Staff, and any officer who valued his career was loath to criticise it.Westmoreland also briefed all officers in the division "Our job is not to determine whether it "will" work-our job is to "make" it work".