Up to the end of World War 2 an officer in the US military not competent in combat was likely to be removed from command by a superior officer. Usually they would be sent back to the US and given a non combat command, where their talents might be useful.
Since the Vietnam War, high ranking officers found to be incompetent in combat are not relieved. They are allowed to serve out their tour of duty in the field despite the damage they are doing to US interests and their own soldiers.
The following two articles describe this problem and offer explanations why this change has occurred
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/general-failure/309148/
http://nation.time.com/2012/10/29/generally-mediocre/
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