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We found 4 product mention on r/Infantry. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 4 product mention on r/Infantry. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
For questions 1 and 2, read this book:
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
by Amazon.com
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Hackworth goes into extreme detail on the problems with how the Vietnam war was lead including McNamara's obsession with body counts as an indicator of victory.
For question 4, read this book:
Chasing the Scream: The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
by Amazon.com
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Hari goes into detail on why sodiers in Vietnam did drugs and why the majority of them were able to stop once the war was over. There is little connection between Afghanistan and the current opioid crisis at least as far as soldiers working in a region with opium is concerned.
As far as the question about communication equipment vs yelling, there are several good reasons for yelling as opposed to using coms. First, yelling ALWAYS works. Unless you get shot in your airway, you can almost always yell commands. Coms can breakdown or get lost, broadcasts can be jammed. Coms are expensive, yelling is free. Yelling is also localized. Troops 100 meters away do not hear it effectively but close troops can. Coms broadcast to everyone on the frequency regardless of range. Coms also do not distinguish who is speaking unless call signs are used. If every troop had coms, they couldn't all start talking. They would have to wait their turn. In a firefight, waiting may mean death or worse. Special operators do use sophisticated coms as they approach a target, but still fall back on yelling while in a localized fire fight.