Even the most experienced military tactician on the ground or in an office runs the chance that his mission will end in disaster.
Yet the United States Army in general, has an impressive history of pulling off some great operations.
Sadly, not everything goes as outlined in the ground tactical plan, regardless of how fine tuned it may be.
Commanders on the ground and those who lead missions that somehow don’t match the original plan, often have lost members of their team or unit and, as in many cases, indigenous populations pay the price.
This has become a burden to many in the field, but sadly their is usually no one to blame primarily because things just go wrong sometimes.
This is obviously not a very satisfying answer, but the truth is, that errors made in judgement are usually so minute that when added to other minute errors they collectively cause the failure.
These errors could be anything from stumbling out of a vehicle during an assault and loosing eye contact with a combatant; not being able to hear orders due to a blast; having a child stick his head out of a window distracting attention, or even having a strap or piece of equipment break at the wrong time.
All small occurrences are seldom planned for, but regardless, they often all somehow tie into the sting of related events where disaster can occur leading inevitable to a failed mission.
This is particularly why all men on the ground need to own a two foot area around their person.
This idea needs to be conditioned in every warrior and all military personal.
Awareness is key and it usually comes from experience or multiple years of training. It is a sad thing when missions go bad, seldom the fault of one, but certainly correctable in time.
About the author
Phil Kammer wrote 194 articles on this blog.
Phil Kammer is just a simple guy who happens to write a bit; enjoys political truth; loves to shine the light into dark places and watch the liberals scatter, but most of all Phil loves God and works daily to become the servant he needs to be.
And ya Phil has a few degrees, was army infantry, now a father, a fisherman and loves a great game of monopoly.
When good military plans go bad
Yet the United States Army in general, has an impressive history of pulling off some great operations.
Sadly, not everything goes as outlined in the ground tactical plan, regardless of how fine tuned it may be.
Commanders on the ground and those who lead missions that somehow don’t match the original plan, often have lost members of their team or unit and, as in many cases, indigenous populations pay the price.
This has become a burden to many in the field, but sadly their is usually no one to blame primarily because things just go wrong sometimes.
This is obviously not a very satisfying answer, but the truth is, that errors made in judgement are usually so minute that when added to other minute errors they collectively cause the failure.
These errors could be anything from stumbling out of a vehicle during an assault and loosing eye contact with a combatant; not being able to hear orders due to a blast; having a child stick his head out of a window distracting attention, or even having a strap or piece of equipment break at the wrong time.
All small occurrences are seldom planned for, but regardless, they often all somehow tie into the sting of related events where disaster can occur leading inevitable to a failed mission.
This is particularly why all men on the ground need to own a two foot area around their person.
This idea needs to be conditioned in every warrior and all military personal.
Awareness is key and it usually comes from experience or multiple years of training. It is a sad thing when missions go bad, seldom the fault of one, but certainly correctable in time.
About the author
Phil Kammer wrote 194 articles on this blog.
Phil Kammer is just a simple guy who happens to write a bit; enjoys political truth; loves to shine the light into dark places and watch the liberals scatter, but most of all Phil loves God and works daily to become the servant he needs to be. And ya Phil has a few degrees, was army infantry, now a father, a fisherman and loves a great game of monopoly.
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