Training as a Discipline
Military training must prepare individuals to enter harm's way and perform Physically and mentally demanding work at the highest possible levels of efficiency.
These are some basic characteristics of military training.
- It could mean the difference between life and death.
- A common observation among strategic analysts and Military historians say the most damage is done to military personnel who leave their actions, breaking and running under the pressure of war. For these reasons, military commanders often View training as a discipline.
Military commanders have held this view since at least the Persian campaigns.480-479 BC In Greece. In those campaigns, the Greeks The infantry relied on the phalanx, a trained body of soldiers (hoplites) arranged in teams that varied in depth from about 10 to 15 men.
The training emphasized teamwork and physical conditioning. Each hoplite had to learn to do the exact phalanx maneuver.
It was not just a matter of executing close-order drills on the parade grounds. Maintaining a controlled front while moving over mixed terrain was important in the broken and rocky hills of Greece.
Each hoplite had to learn to use their weapons efficiently, to stand up and fight without exposing their teammates to flank attack, and close Ranks quickly when others fall.
Training always paid off
The Persians fought with a large number of soldiers and Dash, Allen, and the Better Commander performed, yet were consistently thwarted Stubborn discipline and training of hoplites.
At the Battle of Plataea, the Persians shattered their land forces against the Greek phalanx, losing an estimated 50,000 soldiers.
1,500 of the Greeks. Dupuy and Dupuy (1977) The echo points first made by Herodotus and Thucydides, noting that "the battle " was first won by tactics and technical superiority, In the first clear example of the value of superior discipline and training".
Technology is involved in almost every aspect of today's military operations Significantly changed the nature of military engagements. it adds to the complexity of the number of military operations, the number of tasks that individuals must perform, and the demand for knowledge and skills among military personnel. the speed and dynamism of modern military operations.
The lethality and the long reach of modern weapons, and the requirements in modern theory the dispersion and rapid combination of forces reduce this complexity. to some extent, technology may separate today's military personnel from the exigencies historically faced by combatants. Instead of charging manually.
They rapidly operate alien sensors to locate the enemy, guide robotic vehicles toward the target, and press the button to release the weapon.
They fight with never approachable people for that matter, may never see. However, despite their technology, they must still function under deadly threat, as much as we want.
In contrast, modern warfare is not a clean, bloodless affair. military training will never Avoid its need for military discipline.