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Excellent replies gentlemen.

If you are interested in a different view of how many Soldiers feel their leaders should act read "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield.

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I've read that book Ranger Rangertough (Am I being redundant?). It was very good. But what I was looking for is what modern soldiers think.


rgrokelley ...

mortar_guy78 wrote:If you are really interestied in the answer to your question, read the book "The Mask of Command" by John Keegan.

I'll check it out, thanks for the suggestion Ranger Mortar_Guy78.

things might have changed a bit since then. 1) generals are too busy looking at power point to be fighting 2) think of the PR nightmare of a general getting offed 3) generals command divisions there aren't to many divisional attacks going on 4) the coffee is better in the JOC 5) unmanned drones ...

Another thing that you have to look at is that Generals aren't really that replaceable.

I don't know about that. During the Civil War Lincoln lost a lot of Generals and a lot of horses. He was more upset about losing the horses, his reasoning being "I can make more Generals, but horses cost money ...

Congratulations. You've found a question that actually hasn't been asked on here before (to the best of my knowledge).

I'm not sure what you based your assumption on, or why you care. Define "modern" Generals.
I would think if you were a student of military history though, the answer to this ...

I had a question and who better to answer than you guys. Why do modern generals generally refrain from fighting beside their soldiers? Does this bother you guys or do you like it that way?

Bravo57 wrote:Welcome to the site.

Thank you Ranger Bravo57!

Hello Rangers! My name is Dave, I'm 23 years old and I'm from Pennsylvania. Some basic information about me, I have two years of college completed at a Community College and I will be transferring to another school. I first heard of the Army Rangers from the movie Con Air and I've learned quite a ...