I suspect he thought he got that one eyes and was calling in more birds to attack, and the pause was too long.
That was something I was taught during my training, NEVER stop, make SURE your opponent is down for the count.
A couple of reasons,
1) it’d their job
2) they hope at least parts go well
These days generals never see the battle field, unless they use satellite images,
plus they can blame a failure on someone there.
And it’s not about being able to lay blame. It’s about instilling the right habits of warfare so that when the soldiers ARE on the sharp end, their actions are performed as a natural process, without thought or hesitation. Thought and hesitation get you or your buddy killed (exhibit A) (Desert Storm vet here)
No plan survives first contact with the enemy, but to enter battle without a plan is to invite defeat. The plan just has to be flexible, not rigid and brittle.
Gave me the impression that was his eagle posture… kind of he is an eagle, switches in mid-air to shoot, moves arms to eagle posture to switch again, blam!
12 thoughts on “Victory and Loss – Page 1307”
Kiddeagle
Well… That didn’t go according to plan
Scarsdale
Never in the history of any battle ever goes to plan,in even pre-history, you just do the best you can and improvise the rest.
E Hines
Posing for the audience after a strike only works in Hollywood. Which ain’t in this world.
Eric Hines
Scarsdale
I suspect he thought he got that one eyes and was calling in more birds to attack, and the pause was too long.
That was something I was taught during my training, NEVER stop, make SURE your opponent is down for the count.
Reservist
@Scarsdale
“Never in the history of any battle ever goes to plan,in even pre-history, you just do the best you can and improvise the rest.”
Then why do generals always bother with planning?
Joe
Eisenhower said: “Plans are worthless but planning is indispensable. ” Gotta have a start point and a goal, and adapt from that.
Scarsdale
A couple of reasons,
1) it’d their job
2) they hope at least parts go well
These days generals never see the battle field, unless they use satellite images,
plus they can blame a failure on someone there.
Lora
Well, he forgot about the rest of them it looks like. Or just underestimated their speed.
Too bad; I liked what we had seen of his character.
SanBernInATL
Focused too long on the target. Stick and move, old son. Shoot, move, communicate.
SanBernInATL
And it’s not about being able to lay blame. It’s about instilling the right habits of warfare so that when the soldiers ARE on the sharp end, their actions are performed as a natural process, without thought or hesitation. Thought and hesitation get you or your buddy killed (exhibit A) (Desert Storm vet here)
Steve
No plan survives first contact with the enemy, but to enter battle without a plan is to invite defeat. The plan just has to be flexible, not rigid and brittle.
Phoebe
Gave me the impression that was his eagle posture… kind of he is an eagle, switches in mid-air to shoot, moves arms to eagle posture to switch again, blam!
Pity, I liked that guy!
Categories
Meta
Archives
Archives