And if I had not done those things that I needed to do to ensure that my troops did not get shot, either by friendly or unfriendly troops, then I would have been the knucklehead. You sound like some genius on the division staff.
It’s you who had so little confidence in your men that you called them knuckleheads, and worried so much about ADs/NDs that you agreed it was best they not have chambered rounds ON PATROL.
That speaks for itself.