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Originally Posted by cavtroop
I used to have a part (a small part, I was just a private!) in Brigade and Divisional level war games (was attached to a Brigade HQ for a while). Let me tell you - from what I saw, those things are damn near scripted. It's more an exercise to make sure all commanders are playing by the rulebook, than it is to test out and try new tactics, or to really try to beat the Bluefor.
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Yes, I have seen this many times. Even more in multinational exercises (so as not creating bad blood between allies, I suppose).
Sadly, I cannot elaborate on the issue, but sometimes a lowly private (holding the radio) can have more impact in one of these things, not cancelling or redirecting an air support mission (hipotetically speaking, of course
), than a clueless regimental commander.
