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06-29-2009, 03:08 PM
Tanksmasher
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Reed also comes up with an interesting premise in the article I linked to and in other related articles he's written. He's stated on multiple occasions that the excessively stringent physical training standards for qualification and entry into certain elite units has a negative effect on the make-up and demographics of elite units. Sure, it weeds out those physically unfit for special operations duties, but it also biases against those who are smart enough to know that putting men's lives at undue risk in an effort to simulate outdated battle conditions in training is a counterproductive exercise in masochism.
Thus, according to Reed, the qualification regimen makes it so that it allows for the entry of the physically fit who are inherently masochists and/or those whose instincts for self-preservation are misplaced or underdeveloped (and a soldier who has a latent "death wish" tendency -- whether it be motivated by unthinking pseudo-patriotism, a lack of intelligence, or a neurosis -- is as much a liability as a soldier who's ready to turn and run at the first sign of real combat).
I don't agree with him totally on this point, but I think it helps to explain to some degree why some of the most egregious examples of everything from harmless eccentricities to maladaptive social behaviour to outright sociopathic/psychopathic behaviour in the Armed Forces occasionally involve military personnel (not just US Armed Forces, but across the board internationally) trained as part of designated "special operations forces."
That's an interesting theory, zulu. If you look at the health effects of Ranger School training, it almost seems counterproductive. Men often lose 20-40 pounds and are severely taxed to the point where their health is in serious danger. I understant that in combat, such as in Vietnam, men have to go without sleep and food and water and live in harsh condition, and the military wants to simulate that. But forcing men to eat less than 2000 calories a day and suffer hyperthermia seems like unnecessary endangerment. The point of training should be to avoid going without food and sleep because these things severely reduce combat effectiveness and further put lives at risk. Pushing them to extremes doesn't always guarantee that they'll be conditioned to survive; it just means they know what to expect.
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