Quote Originally Posted by HumanCOGRachel View Post
So US Army has finally come to their senses with their Airborne Infantry types - responding to the augmentation of USMC Squad-level decision making for setting up Shuras, identifying and communicating PIRs, etc...

In November 2011, the US Army selected Applied Memetics LLC to launch their latest pre-deployment training program: a four-day course training 4th BCT 82D Airborne Infantry soldiers critical social networking skills so that sergeants and lieutenants alike can effectively interact and engage with tribal groups in Afghanistan.
It would never, ever, occur to me to put an applied anthropologist through four days’ worth of skydiving classes and declare him/her ready to do a paratrooper’s job if need be. And vice versa.

And correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t this sort of thing why SF exists?