I am not getting on a Boeing anytime in the next few years. I rather pay more to take another flight, drive, or not even go at all.

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I'm a freaking Nostradamus 🧙‍♂️🔮✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGYE9VMwR9w

I'm really going to use this. And when there is a dilemma that's easily solved by WWJD, it's gonna be easy Jeezy

Nah, I don't need to identify. That's too restrictive. I'm looking for a shorter way to describe it when asked.

Yep! I was trying to find a short way of describing my situation in this area when asked about it.

Thank you! 😊 It gets more true every day. Yours is cool too. To me, it has a sense of paradox or maybe being on a different schedule than the rest of us.

Yes! I like this one. Thank you.

I was in the US military, so that was my angle. Don't know about the rest. @BombOmOm@lemmy.world seems like they might have been in the US military also.

Small unit leadership. Units down to the squad level (13 Soldiers/Marines), are in control of themselves. They are given objectives, constraints, and all relevant info, then told to achieve the mission. They're also in constant communication with other nearby units. There is no solid plan. It is all contingency.

Squad leaders get a 5 paragraph order: SMEAC

• Situation: What the battle field look like.
• Mission: What needs to be accomplished. Who, what, when, where, and most importantly, why? The why lets unit make adjustments as necessary.
• Execution: Overall greater goal, enemy weak spots, and what other units will be doing for the mission.
• Admin & logistics: Beans (food), bullets (ammo), band-aids (medical info/gear/plans), & bad guys (EPWs)
• Command & signal: Command structure and communication matters

These units figure it out on their own and coordinate with other units that are in control of themselves also. From what I hear, Russian troops are all dependent on commands from an officer! lol. That would be insane in the American military. Everything would get paralyzed every time there is an unexpected issues, which in battle, is basically all there is. Battle is a series of unexpected issues. To quote the philosopher Mike Tyson, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

tl;dr: The American military is trained to function assuming units know how they function best and everything will go to shit. It's designed to maximize individual strengths and be chaotic af. American units don't know what they're doing until they're doing it.