"I am neither a strategist nor a policy wonk, just a soldier with an ear to the ground." I do find it ironic that this is written with a sense of humility. Being a soldier with an ear to the ground is precisely why your advice neither ruins countries nor individual human lives, but saves them.
I will always obey the wisdom of a knuckle dragger over a strategist or thousand pound brain.
I was in conversation with a wargame designer at Connections 2024 in Carlisle last week and one thing I emphasized to her was to remember the very basic training that all soldiers receive. The really important stuff about combat and warfighting seems to come after their initial training but the early training begins building up the muscle memory that makes them do the basic important stuff with little prompting.
"I am neither a strategist nor a policy wonk, just a soldier with an ear to the ground." I do find it ironic that this is written with a sense of humility. Being a soldier with an ear to the ground is precisely why your advice neither ruins countries nor individual human lives, but saves them.
I will always obey the wisdom of a knuckle dragger over a strategist or thousand pound brain.
Great post.
Lotta folks with brains so heavy that they can't do things for themselves.
Add; know North from South.
Vital E&E.
We can’t know which direction is safer yet.
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I was in conversation with a wargame designer at Connections 2024 in Carlisle last week and one thing I emphasized to her was to remember the very basic training that all soldiers receive. The really important stuff about combat and warfighting seems to come after their initial training but the early training begins building up the muscle memory that makes them do the basic important stuff with little prompting.