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Could this be because there were a large number of enlisted persons serving? An all volunteer force might expect all serving troops to be more familiar with equ
by sdeer 1y ago
Could this be because there were a large number of enlisted persons serving? An all volunteer force might expect all serving troops to be more familiar with equipment.
- rgblambda 1y agoSmall nitpick. You mean conscripted not enlisted. I have no experience in the matter but I suspect that's not it. A conscript and a recently recruited professional soldier should in theory have the same level of training. Many professional soldiers only enlist for a few years. I reckon it's more that equipment is a lot more complicated now than in the past. And maybe something to do with literacy levels in the 1960s meaning you couldn't trust a soldier to have read and understood a manual.