- Reaction score
- 5,985
- Points
- 1,260
MCG said:You don't command machines, you operate them.
Operating machines is done by NCMsandin some cases supervised by junior officers, either individually or in teams.
Majors are not required where there are not people to command.
I agree, wholeheartedly, with both assertions.
Even the most complex and lethal machinery is the business of the NCOs. Officers, junior officers, ought to learn how to operate the machines, but only so that they can properly supervise and manage their deployment and use.
Most captains and all majors and above ought to be involved in leading and managing the processes through which the NCOs and their deadly machines serve the country's interests.