Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
In terms of the Brits a six month tour bestows "Afghan expertise" on a soldier. A whole six months... wow!
Expectations for learning progress must have been lowered.

Back in 1941, having seen six weeks of the French campaign easily qualified for being a Blitzkrieg expert in Britain. In fact, most who were considered experts of this then-new thing had seen it not at all or had seen only about two weeks of it, and in a secondary area of the theatre.


Presently, I am imagining how Churchill tells Montgomery to first spend a year in Egypt and learn a lot before taking any action.