I believe a lot of battle training in the military is done through computer
simulation, like video and computer games, so whilst the concepts are there,
the realities aren't. Also, the military hasn't been in a prolonged war
since Vietnam and so it's essentially been a peacetime military into which
people join for training and jobs, not to fight.   There hasn't been a real
'enemy' to fight in a very long time, until Sept. 11.

All this makes for a rude awakening on the battlefield, in my opinion.

Kat

> Onto another related topic ... it blows my mind that so many of the young
US
> service people are saying, Well, I never realized I would really have to
kill
> somebody... Duh! what did they think war is? I know that when the military
> goes into high schools, they downplay the war part, and promote it as a
way
> out of poverty, as just another scholarship means... Still, you have to
> wonder.
>
> mag