I think both ways of simulating have their place. The real-world training exercises will discover weaknesses that the paper ones won't detect (also, they are m

I think both ways of simulating have their place. The real-world training exercises will discover weaknesses that the paper ones won't detect (also, they are more fun - and soldiers probably need some sort of activity from time to time), but you can have a lot of paper exercises for the cost of one real-world exercise.