>You gave an account for a single situation, which is completely different from the normal business: Being caught in a minefield under fire
The first hand account is the former Israeli NCO paratrooper, the mine field example is just an illustration for why the military retains that style of management despite its problems.
>Using that anecdote to somehow say "the whole military is" is not even a stretch anymore, it's just wrong.
And I can clearly see you didn't actually read the whole article I linked to, and are instead trying to argue just based on my minor quotation. I really recommend you fully read it before arguing, both for your own edification and because it's really interesting.
>The worst paratrooper they ever had, per their own admission.
Because he wasn't suited to military style leadership. So he became a software dev instead, and he enjoyed that much more.
Still, this is a fair point.
>The US does not train the same way Israel does. Which does not train the same way China does, or Germany does, and so on.
The IDF is, as I said above, famous for its individualism and relatively lax standards of discipline by Western military standards. I suppose having fought several huge wars of national survival within living memory makes you throw all the superfluous authoritarianism out the window and retain only those parts of it which are essential to function.
So if even they are still very heavy on authority and instant obedience, the US isn't going to be any better. Nor, especially, would China who follow the Russian school of top-down control compared to the Western emphasis on bottom up (aka mission-style tactics the other fellow linked to).
The first hand account is the former Israeli NCO paratrooper, the mine field example is just an illustration for why the military retains that style of management despite its problems.
>Using that anecdote to somehow say "the whole military is" is not even a stretch anymore, it's just wrong.
And I can clearly see you didn't actually read the whole article I linked to, and are instead trying to argue just based on my minor quotation. I really recommend you fully read it before arguing, both for your own edification and because it's really interesting.