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I formerly worked for a defense contractor . . . .

What?  Did they tell you that you couldn't watch the film?

I've had my fill.

My favorite line from this one was where they said (talking about the Bradley Fighting Vehicle) that "it will go on a battlefield looking like a tank but with the armor protection of a snow blower."

Fighting efficiency is not just a matter of weaponry.

(January 7, 2017 at 3:43 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Fighting efficiency is not just a matter of weaponry.

Indeed you need Personnel and a means of getting them to conflict zone ,Supplies, A system of distribution for those supplies, The capacity to make up for loses of men and equipment. Intelligence and communications, Training and drilling , Competent leadership, Means of maintaining moral, A strategy with clear goals and objectives,

Indeed ... along with doctrine, appropriate tactics, operational art, and so on ...

Is that how ISIS ran the Iraqis off the field a couple of years ago?

One swing across the monkey bars and the Iraqis became track stars.

(January 9, 2017 at 12:57 am)Minimalist Wrote: Is that how ISIS ran the Iraqis off the field a couple of years ago?

One swing across the monkey bars and the Iraqis became track stars.

Pretty sure Orochi already mentioned morale.