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Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings |
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BURN RATE:
@ragnarbjartur
and
@KilledInUkraine
report on the number of RU officers killed in Putins Ukraine War. It takes years to effectively train even junior and company grade officers, and decades to train senior officers. These losses directly reduce RU combat efficiency.
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paleotn
(18,007 posts)he wasn't on the fast track by any means due mainly to his superior's worry that he took too many unnecessary, ill conceived risks. Or so the stories go. If true, he hasn't changed a bit.
brush
(53,971 posts)The charts are hard to read. Just a number pls.
BootinUp
(47,210 posts)mitch96
(13,941 posts)They complete the task and stop when they succeed and then wait more orders.
The Ukrainian army allows more lower ranked officers and NCO's to make decisions in the field like NATO troops do. This compresses the time factor when things are critical.
UKR act where the RU armys move and wait.
With so many officers killed I would expect "getting the job done" would now take longer.
YMMV
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Irish_Dem
(47,775 posts)American junior officers and NCO's in the field had leeway and authority to decide how to fulfill a mission.
American generals figured the guys in the middle of combat were more aware of immediate and changing circumstances than the top brass.
Japan and Germany were very rigid with decisions made at the top only. The generals were the only ones who knew anything. And didn't listen to lower ranks.
mitch96
(13,941 posts)If it ain't broke...don't fix it!!
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Irish_Dem
(47,775 posts)If you are going to give military out in the field that kind of authority, they need to understand the mission.
And they need to be well trained, sober, and motivated.
Also they should have some sense of right and wrong, so they are completing the mission, not stopping to conduct a crime spree as they go.
That may have worked for the Vikings but I don't think it is a successful strategy for the 21st century. Instead of terrorizing the Ukrainan population, it is only hardening their resolve and turning the world against Russia more with each passing day.