War Tactics: Self-Analysis

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Brenda, Thank you for the excellent post. It was a pleasure to read and you bring up some points that are in the same lines that I was thinking. The lesson mentions conventional military going through generational changes, and you mentioned the word “evolved”. I would agree with your definition more, because war tactics have evolved from everyone standing on line and charging across the fields firing at each other to smarter tactics. Yes the advancement in technology and weaponry helped change this, but I also think our military leaders evolved in their strategic thinking. The enemy is always evolving and so must the militaries of the world. I looked hard at the word “nature” when studying and researching for this week’s forum.

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