Yet you chose to attack him personally.
Suggest you read the last 2-300 pages of this thread. The Generalizations he makes (while maybe over the top in some instances - hold enough water)
PS - I know enough IA soldiers who have walked the walk and will agree with him and i also know enough others who are complete Idiots and have been detremental to the evolution of our Army.
Well if he’s complaining about the weak character of the IA and such that’s basically a personal attack. He hasn’t walked the walk yet. Wait until he joins the IA and then after he has completed his tour of duty he can complain all he wants.
His comments about officers leading in the front and that western militaries don’t practice it and makes fun of them for not doing that shows his lack of basic understanding of how western militaries practice leadership philosophy and minimum casualties and maximum command and guidance without getting into fog of war issues. He should have known that in western militaries it’s the NCOs that provide leadership not the officers. Officers sit in the rear and give commands based on their overall god eye view of the battle situation and it’s up to the NCOs on the grounds and in front to provide leadership and execute commands. Soldiers listen to and follow the NCOs. NCOs are the nuts and bolts of platoons and companies. Officers provide guidance and show leadership based on NCOs feedback.
In militaries where its officer led soldiers follow their officers but the problem is that when officers become incapacitated NCOs sometimes can’t pick up the slack and they become rudderless. In a NCO led military unit that doesn’t happen because there are redundancies built in.
IA is in the middle of trying a hybrid approach due to its legacy and built up traditions. IA is trying to figure out how to cope with a rapidly changing environment where you need to make quick decisions and develop a free of fog of war issues battle situation awareness and how to communicate orders and relay critical info to decision makers quickly as to keep the OODA (decision making process) loop intact and keep the enemy from getting a kill chain upon themselves.
Having the latest gizmos and flashy guns are not what makes a military a leaning fighting force. It’s doctrinal evolution, training, improving logistics, the nuts and bolts thing. Amateurs thinks tactics and weapons. Professionals think logistics and doctrinal training and operational planning and people management.
And lastly, there’s constructive criticism and there’s unwarranted criticism and he falls into that latter category.