Obviously a lot of these critiques have been remedied by the Army since then, but the biggest one, the "safetyism," has not. Safety is still stressed, but to the point where it /does/ detract from the training.
Okay not a lot, but the "combat power" one certainly has. I remembered thinking that when I read About Face and saw that. There are other problems with situtational exercise training, but we dont do /that/ anymore.
Ahhhh yeah that's true. Unfortunately this is partially because hill/mountain terrain's importance isn't considered as heavily in recent years as that of urban terrain, thus there is still emphasis on useless assaults, but you're generally correct
Yeah that is true. He dated that particular anecdote from post Korea I believe.
The reason we still teach reverse-slope defenses is /because/ of the experience in Korea, so that says something about the extent to which that war influenced doctrine. Nowadays, try and hold a hill like that and your grid square will just get deleted.
Obviously a lot of these critiques have been remedied by the Army since then, but the biggest one, the "safetyism," has not. Safety is still stressed, but to the point where it /does/ detract from the training.
Have any of the ones in this essay really been remedied?
Okay not a lot, but the "combat power" one certainly has. I remembered thinking that when I read About Face and saw that. There are other problems with situtational exercise training, but we dont do /that/ anymore.
Ahhhh yeah that's true. Unfortunately this is partially because hill/mountain terrain's importance isn't considered as heavily in recent years as that of urban terrain, thus there is still emphasis on useless assaults, but you're generally correct
Yeah that is true. He dated that particular anecdote from post Korea I believe.
The reason we still teach reverse-slope defenses is /because/ of the experience in Korea, so that says something about the extent to which that war influenced doctrine. Nowadays, try and hold a hill like that and your grid square will just get deleted.