American military doctrine - eviltoast
  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    28 days ago

    And yet, it’s a famously specialised force with tons of complexity and supply chain overhead. Pretty much every other military is flying by the seats of their pants, by comparison, whether it’s a Canadian soldier with the MOS of “dunno, boats maybe, and your equipment is definitely filled with mold”, or a North Korean soldier that can change their own orders with a bribe of pork.

    I feel like all four people in this document (including the author) had an angle of some kind.

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      27 days ago

      Ah, isn’t that the key of it, though? A highly specialized force knows not just what they’re assigned to do, but what they’re supposed to do for the overall operation, making adaptation both possible and likely to not result in catastrophic failure.

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        A highly trained soldier knows what they’re supposed to do because they know what they aren’t supposed to do.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        27 days ago

        Yeah, I’m not saying it’s wrong - pretty much nobody gives rigid instructions a good review after working under them. Just another reason there’s a whiff of saltyness in the paper pictured.