As you read this section think about leadership as it pertains to preparing your soldiers for combat. What is required of a leader to ensure that his/her unit is prepared for combat operations?
Specific and repetitive training is vital and can never be under-minded. Training is the thing that a unit has to fall back on when the going gets tough. There is no such thing as being OVER prepared. Being in a leadership position, one must be able to make the decision on whether or not your unit is combat ready as well as effective and trained for every possible given situation. In the book, it states how Col. Moore was a hardened and firm believer in tough training, discipline + conditioning. It also said he was a “what if” strategist always thinking of what could go wrong and coming up with a solution to it to prevent it even from happening. I took notice and liked, how he lead by example thus creating a decentralized chain of command making sure every man knows the job of the man ahead of him. This is especially useful in that it gives the PL’s more of a cushion in working with their men which I feel adds to the unit’s maneuverability aspect. As a leader you have to set an example and lead by it. This is exactly what Col. Moore did. As much as he trained his men they were still ill prepared for the horrors that lay ahead of them on PAVN occupied hill. I feel that given the new helicopter drop in methods the army was utilizing and the time frame Col. Moore had to prepare his men, was the best he could have done.
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