Image from The Daily MailFrom Marine Times:
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The military relies too much on technology, and soldiers need to practice more “with the radios turned off,” a key general said.
“We must be able to operate when systems go down,” Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of Joint Forces Command, told a luncheon audience Thursday at a joint war-fighting conference. “It is much more important for officers to get comfortable operating with uncertainty rather than to keep grasping for more certainty.”
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My Comment: Rules of engagement make it very difficult for today's soldiers to operate independently. The brass always wants their hand in on what is happening .... having the radios "turned off" and technology "suspended" is not going to happen.
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