There are three stages of thinking about this: 1) Bad guy - that poor guy who died from hazing 2) Bad guy - he let his underlings hang for his decision 3) Good guy - hard call letting the enlisted take the blame but he's the more valuable asset and making that call is his job https://twitter.com/hurricaneross/status/1338990895669055488 …
Nah, he knows the real enemies are in Washington and he's preserving his forces and himself for when he's called upon. Note that he's a Colonel that will never make General - with all that implies.