Look, Flavius; troops back in our day were inured to all conditions wearing and using what they could skim off the resident populations and environment. WWII saw little guys packing 80 plus pounds if they were part of teams supporting one large weapon. They had in common Victory or never returning home. Huge motivator.
Now this CIC is coming in demotivating the grunts declaring failure after a slogged-for victory won through their blood, sweat and efforts - actually winning hearts, minds and trust at the cost of too many American lives. Dirtbag In Chief would never serve and our troops smell that odor that can never be washed off. His proposal for a personal corp of Brownshirts also raises alarms.
Like we wouldn’t cut his non-trained thugs and Birkenstock idealists-turned-tools off at their knees. East and Left Coast fears the Middle for good reason.
And so long as men can sneak up on a machine and place a sticky bomb they are not obsolete.
Part of this is a correction of cowardly decision-making from leftover Clinton-era folks. Whenever a protection scheme was proposed, nobody would dare to be the one seen to be acting against “keeping the troops safe”...so, for example, the HMMWVs were turned into terribly top-heavy piss-poor substitutes for tanks.
It is wise that they are going back to re-examine some of the ridiculous stuff that was implemented.