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Originally Posted by CDAT
Two thoughts, first years ago I was reading a book (do not remember name) about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. At the end of the book it picked one engineer company that was disbanded after the war and listed every single piece of equipment they turned in. Last item was Sherman tank platoon with crews. I have never seen any MTOE that has tanks in the engineers.
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Good leaders understand that the chaos of war makes a mess of the bureaucracy. Poor leaders put the integrity of the bureaucracy ahead of the reality on the battlefield and fair play for the troops. Unfortunately, poor leaders often rise to prominence in peace time and are only shaken out when the stakes are high enough for reality to trump bureaucratic concerns.
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“We’re not innovating. We’re selectively imitating.” June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.
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