I would say that the knowledge and muscle memory can certainly be learned over YouTube with practice, but there is more to military than knowledge. There is an

I would say that the knowledge and muscle memory can certainly be learned over YouTube with practice, but there is more to military than knowledge. There is an attitude and stress resilience. It’s one thing to know something, it’s a whole other thing to recall that during high stress scenarios. Knowledge goes out the window when the bullets fly. So discipline is needed. High-intensity training under less than ideal circumstances can build that discipline. You can’t sweat the small things and need to focus on accomplishing the mission, absent ego and while being highly adaptable. Most military training focuses around building and reinforcing those kinds of skills.