Chris, I was speaking metaphorically. IMO, it makes good sense for
people who make life and death decisions to have some direct
experience of the impact of those decisions.
And we're so far off topic it would take a 1000mm f/11 Zuiko to take a
picof where we're supposed to be . . . ;o)
ScottGee1
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:37:45 +0000, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It doesn't make much sense, tactically, for the commander to be out the
> front. They cannot see how the battle is progressing behind them ...
>
> I and a naval commander once had a heated discussion with a tank
> commander about this: battened down in his tank how could he hope to do
> anything but direct his own driver and gunner to any effect? The
> "tankie" would have none of this and won the argument because, well
> because he was a Brigadier (Brigadier General in the US) and 2 ranks
> senior ;-)
>
> That's the Army for you ...
>
> OM content: I was the RAF representative on the Brig's team inspecting
> the Army's collective training in the Canadian wilderness near
> Suffield, a few hundred miles east of Calgary. It was a great place to
> have an OM kit.
>
> Chris
>
> On 20 Mar 2005, at 18:14, ScottGee1 wrote:
>
> > Interesting. So the chances of seeing Bush, Martin, Blair, Abdullah,
> > et. al., out there on the firing line are pretty slim, eh?
> >
>
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