Comments on: Call of Duty http://nslog.com/2008/01/09/call_of_duty The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ronald Pottol http://nslog.com/2008/01/09/call_of_duty#comment-45335 Ronald Pottol Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:50:28 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/01/09/call_of_duty#comment-45335 Most people do. In WWII, no more than 25% of troops committed an offensive act (i.e. fired their gun in the direction of the enemy). In WWII the army send historians to interview troops right after combat (obviously not everyone, but everyone in a unit, to try and get as complete a picture as possible). The US Army spend a lot of effort to change that stat, which only resulted in getting the troops to throw a lot of lead to little effect (10,000 rounds per enemy casualty in Viet Nam). There have been some efforts to figure out who those who will try to kill the enemy are and make sure they are on the heavy weapons (for instance, I saw an article by an officer on how to spot the sociopaths in your unit for just that purpose). Most people do. In WWII, no more than 25% of troops committed an offensive act (i.e. fired their gun in the direction of the enemy). In WWII the army send historians to interview troops right after combat (obviously not everyone, but everyone in a unit, to try and get as complete a picture as possible).

The US Army spend a lot of effort to change that stat, which only resulted in getting the troops to throw a lot of lead to little effect (10,000 rounds per enemy casualty in Viet Nam).

There have been some efforts to figure out who those who will try to kill the enemy are and make sure they are on the heavy weapons (for instance, I saw an article by an officer on how to spot the sociopaths in your unit for just that purpose).

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