I wonder what Patton would have said about this? Ah, nevermind. Those days are gone.
OTOH, did any such thing ever occur in "those days" ? I doubt it! Why would that be?
"An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team.
This individuality stuff is a bunch of bull***t."
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."
"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
"I dont give a damn about the color of your skin, just kill as many sons of bitches wearing green as you can."
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."