Oh, so you were there? Or perhaps you've had other first-hand observations of these lieutenants? Or maybe you were just talking out of your a**?
Lou Truscott IV is one of the dozen or so observers whose take on the quality or lack thereof of a given military unit or situation I'd accept as at least as knowledgable as my own, from the capabilities and attitudes of the individual grunts, the worries of the NCOs [who are ALWAYS worriers, only to diuffering degrees, and to the platoon leaders and their bosses, including the guy at the top of the chain. I think I can do a little better job around tankersc than he can, and he can likely outguess and observe me around infantrymen. But *Lucy* [don't call him that except when drinking with him] has a real critics eye for such things, and would likely be as sharp aboard a navy ship or USAF maintenance unit, or Genghiz Khans cavalry or Stonewall Jackson's foot cavalry, so far as that goes.
I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing his magazine piece....
BTW, if you don't know why former Woo Poo cadet Truscott IV could pull off his *General Truscott* act so well, it's because of the teacher he had who showed him how it was done.
