Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
...and I'm not sure that vague statements about "the full spectrum of operations" really have much practical use...
There's nothing vague about full spectrum operations. That spectrum is well and adequately described and the training requirements for each part of the spectrum are known -- if not employed. Without full spectrum knowledge, the ability to do this:
"What does matter is their capacity to get it right quickly when the moment arrives."
will not be present. As the song says, you can't have one without the other.

On another note, this statement is correct:
Although I'm all for developing doctrine and tactics and teaching it in our schools, there is a limit to what school solutions can do.
and illustrates why 'school solutions; should not exist in any way shape or form. The proper tactical or operational solution is one that works at that place and time -- all others are superfluous.

The Tactics instructors at Leavenworth used to say:

- "What we are going to teach you will work in gently rolling, unforested terrain on a mild and sunny June day against a peer enemy who uses conventional tactics and provided you have all your personnel and TOE equipment in combat ready status. If any of those conditions change, you will have to adapt..."

Just so.