In the 70s/80s there was kind of a "revenge of the jocks" doctrinal move toward special forces, etc, but that has pretty much failed, fizzled out, and the combat engineers reign supreme on the battlefield once again...
I"m sorry. I"m pretty sure you don't understand the requirements of Special Forces and their mission, vs those of Combat Eng. Furthermore, you don't understand the enlistment requirements to be a Combat Eng (21B) and an grunt (11B). If you check it out, they are both the same.
ASVAB Score Required: 90 in aptitude area CO, Physical Profile 111221.
I"ll slightly agree that Combat Engs. are more economically effective then a standard Grunt.
Most effective? Far from it. Laughably far from it.
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In the 70s/80s there was kind of a "revenge of the jocks" doctrinal move toward special forces, etc, but that has pretty much failed, fizzled out, and the combat engineers reign supreme on the battlefield once again...
I"m sorry. I"m pretty sure you don't understand the requirements of Special Forces and their mission, vs those of Combat Eng. Furthermore, you don't understand the enlistment requirements to be a Combat Eng (21B) and an grunt (11B). If you check it out, they are both the same.
ASVAB Score Required: 90 in aptitude area CO, Physical Profile 111221.
I"ll slightly agree that Combat Engs. are more economically effective then a standard Grunt.
Most effective? Far from it. Laughably far from it.