JMA,
I agree with his conclusion. Intrinisc qualities may create predispositions towards one an ideal soldier, but ultimately it is a learned behavior through training, experience, and conditioning.
JMA,
I agree with his conclusion. Intrinisc qualities may create predispositions towards one an ideal soldier, but ultimately it is a learned behavior through training, experience, and conditioning.
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. - Louis Veuillot
Ultimately is too strong a word here. As always, the ideal comes through a combination of solid training and innate ability. Which part (training or innate ability) is more important? That depends on the individual. Poor training will not create an ideal soldier no matter how good the raw material, but at the same time a "broken" person (or someone lacking an innate ability or grounding) cannot be made into an ideal soldier no matter how solid the training. Good systems recognize this.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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