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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
Surprise that none of the moderators closed this thread down either. Then looking at the time stamps, it could be one of the few times when they were all busy with real life.
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I was asleep. Glad it didn't get any more heated though.
I was only ever in the Army Reserve but I have to say that Commonwealth and British Army NCOs are given a hell of alot of responsibility. And promotion as an NCO seems to be slower than in the US Army. From what I've seen Sgts and higher ranked NCOs in Commonwealth armies are often given levels of command and responsibility equal to what the US gives its new LTs. The modern US military is obviously highly effective so its not like the on-the-ground US military (Army & USMC) is a complete cluster f*ck or anything, but I'd be very surprised if the average US Army Cpl or Sgt is better trained and/or more experienced than the average Commonwealth Cpl or Sgt.
Eddie I understand that you feel you may have been personally slighted by comments on this forum. Please keep posting here because as a source of current US Army on-the-ground combat thinking on this forum you are pretty much unique. Also, irrespective of whether I agree with all of your opinions I have the utmost respect for the amount of time you have spent on active combat duty.