Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
...and if FM3-24 isn't obvious to Captains and above? Does it mean it was badly written or Captains need to be smarter.
It's not a question of whether it's obvious or poorly written. I'm just pointing out that with training and practice FM 3-24 becomes far more penetrable. In my world, recipes and software design pattern texts are great resources, but for most people they don't translate much into an improved skill set if simply read and not personally tested day to day. The larger point here was to dismiss the idea that a "good student" is one who learns more by theory rather than application.