"...you know that the commander is the least skilled, and most expendable asset the team has."
The funny thing is that EVERY SINGLE SF team member I have spoken to always answers the following two questions the same:
1) If one person on your team had to be killed, who would be the person who would disrupt the team's ability to continue the mission the LEAST. Answer - The team commander.
2) Which would be the LAST person on the team you would wont to see disabled or unable to perform their duties. Answer - the team medic
2) Which would be the LAST person on the team you would wont to see disabled or unable to perform their duties. Answer - the team medic
Nothing is funnier than doing some pre-raid planning with an SF team. The team sergeant is stuck placating two guys who never get to be on point. There's the team commander, who wants to be kicking doors, and the medic, who wants to be kicking doors.
"We can't risk you up front" always rings a little more hollow with the team commander than it does with the team medic. ;-)