that is utter crap, and the best example I can think of to demonstrate otherwise is the night drops of the air-borne units into Normandy. Dropped miles away from their organic units and further miles away from their assigned objectives with no obvious chain of command in site, in pitch darkness, surrounded by superior organized forces, if ever there was a time and a place when The Rise Of Ever Man For Himself would have led everyone to become a "Call of Duty" character, that was it.
INSTEAD they responded to their training, formed ad-hoc "little groups of paratroopers", reestablished all the command they could, with Corporals and Sergeants taking charge, and went out to create utter havoc. They performed far above expectations and managed to keep their casualties far below pre-drop estimations because they were disciplined soldiers who did not break apart in the face of chaos.
because they were soldiers.
historically, when armies have broken down into "every man for themselves" is usually about 30 seconds before they get massacred.
yes. and I have worked with and know Rangers, Recon, SEALs, and Special Forces. not because I'm some kind of bad-ass (I decided right after SOI that my level of motivation had limits), but because I have had friends who are, and been at the right place and time to work with others. They train as a team and they do it obsessively, because hard-won experience has demonstrated to them again and again that your Individual Warrior Duking It Out Rambo Style image is utter crap.
As Blackdog points out, the Israelis and the Russians both realized that it was a problem and pulled them out. As I have pointed out to you, both only put them in in times of extreme duress when there was nobody else to throw in the line.
what a fascinating claim. perhaps you can provide some details, because you sound like a kid who plays video games.
yeah. Boadicea, for example, led a horde of warriors against Roman Soldiers. how did she do, again?
oh yeah. the Romans were outnumbered more than ten to one, and yet they utterly massacred all those "warriors". Tacitus records 400 Roman fatalities measured against nearly 80,000 Britons.
Then you kow what Sua Sponte is all about!
Normandy.....they were not having to deal with Guerilla Units with the Drop. Nor did they have to face any elite warriors out hunting for them. (meaning our guys). Still takes a warrior mentality within the soldier. Which with Normandy we had whole units sitting out and getting picked up by officers along the way. Just to get them back into the fight.
The Israelis went with Women being in a niche with technology. Specialized! Just like the Koreans did.
As for a kid playing video games bro, you can save that shiznit
from whatever little part of suburbia America you come from......I was shot 4 times before I ever joined Uncle Sams gang,
That would be The Gang Module. No vests, no armor. anything goes total chaos,
guerilla warfare in what the US military is just learning about.(That would be for block by block, building by building, one against the many in urban warfare.) Let me clue you in. I was shot the first time when I was 9. I was part of one of the most lethal gang organizations in the Country. Straight out of Chicago. Where as all those East Coast and West Coast wanna-bes must drop their flags running round here.
Amazing that sheep think that the only warring going on with the US is by the US Military. Good thing the media keeps half of it under wraps. Wouldn't want to worry Urban populations to a state a panic.
Still havent figured out how whole squads can be taken 0ut by one man yet? All soldiers trained to do what they do.
How come they fail.....to this reality? Including Elite Soldiers. yeah I know you didn't think about it when you were all up into those feelings. Which just goes to show as you deflected off to the soldier argument.
Is an Assassin a soldier or a Warrior? Why do women make the best assassin?
All this useless arguing about women being in combat. Can a woman fight? Are fighter pilots ground troops? What do they become after they are grounded behind enemy lines? Or even on the front lines. Thats right an enemy combatant on the ground. I have seen men who could not carry another man. Without their equipment on. Can man handle the greater amount of pain than a woman can? That would be pain of the inner nature. When you get done having a kid then you can explain it to me.
Boudica.....I noticed you didn't use the germanic tribes with your analogy to the Romans. Nor did you bring up Hannibal and the Carthaginians. Or the Parthians. Ever here of Tourburg. (sp) Notice all those Romans outnumbering the enemy by the thousands. Boudica didn't use guerialla warfare. Hannibal did! As well as specialized warriors.
In War.....it's common to let the pawns go first!