John I'm sure as a former "Special" Soldier (I meant that in a good way) you see it from your point of view. Modern warfare has been asymmetrical and mostly spec ops led, but that doesn't mean that all battles in the future will be fought that way. Not every foe will be insurgent in nature. Unfortunately we aren't all special. Guess I should be glad that not all Special Operations Commanders see us as obsolete, or they wouldn't have sent the 7 I had in my last class. If you look at it from a conventional force soldier's perspective, there is a reason why commanders need us. Even if that reason is only because most grunts I know aren't proficient on the radio talking to available assets, at precision engagements, or serving in a recon capacity. If you don't agree then we can just leave it at that. Maybe you have just been hanging around all the right people for too long.
And yes starting around the 2012 time frame in Afghanistan, teams were 6. That was because a team was compromised and commanders do not like taking risk...even though doctrine and training teaches it as an asset, risk makes them look bad.
And yes starting around the 2012 time frame in Afghanistan, teams were 6. That was because a team was compromised and commanders do not like taking risk...even though doctrine and training teaches it as an asset, risk makes them look bad.