How will Tomorrow's Army survive a War without a video game controller?
A war cannot be sustained without FOBs.
In your example, how long can the unit (company, battalion, brigade?) sustain itself?
Guess what those drone operators here in the states get all the benefits of deploying and also can get flight pay and claim PTSD later....Amazing
My Soldiers do know how to do these things...the Soldiers I am solely responsible for and are dependent of me as a leader do know how to do these tasks. The issue is what is going on now I see you have a deployment pic up...I don't know what your CMF is however being at Fort Campbell from 2007-2012 I can say with a fairness the only BCT's doing any training were the infantry all the road marches in the world are not training, all the ranges on range road are a part of training. If you use BFT or GPS then your not familiar with a UTM map or a proper protractor. Have you taken your subordinates down to a water hole off a FOB poured the liquid into a canteen and iodized it??? Have you taken your subordinates and placed them in uncomfortable details that are longer than 24hrs. This discussion is solely based on the idea not my current real world assignment. When you start receiving Soldiers from AIT soon as you are sure to progress to SGT; are you capable of stepping out of what METL your currently tasked with and go over and beyond bent over backwards for your troops survival in a untouched corner of the planet. That is what this question is hinting. Are leaders of tomorrow resilient enough to handle whiners and wimps that are assigned to them for use as a tool in combat? I had an awesome leader who once said "....you work with the Soldiers that are given to you, not the ones you want...".