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| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 /\ BTW, working in two insurgent environments of Iraq and Afghanistan, I don't recall the American forces suffering the destruction of entire columns. Nor did I. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-04 07:22 |
| #1 The OPFOR at the NTC and JRTC play 'host' 6 or more times a year to a visiting 'team' that shows up maybe once every two years. Lesson - train, train, train beats garrison duties and personnel who rotate in/out every couple months from your team. Hit the loggies - yeah. 507th Maintenance Company. As long as you make the readiness of your line companies priority, those support units work day and night in garrison keeping them in green status. Meanwhile they will never have time for field training in a combat environment. Don't shoot the leaders at the JRTC and NTC. Of course, its the whole purpose of the expense is to stress the leadership and staff in a semi-real world environment. Unit readiness and team proficiency is the next goal. You kill the leaders there's nothing much more to do for all the cost and expense of sending them there. BTW, working in two insurgent environments of Iraq and Afghanistan, I don't recall the American forces suffering the destruction of entire columns. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-04 07:19 |