Timeline for Why was the US army slow to adopt the use of radar prior to Pearl Harbour?
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| Sep 20, 2020 at 12:02 | history | edited | Lars Bosteen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 16:45 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Sean: While I agree about the possible advantages of showing impressive military might, I don't think a parade does that. IIRC Saddam Hussein used to hold quite impressive military parades, and look how well that worked. | |
| Nov 22, 2018 at 4:00 | comment | added | Vikki | @jamesqf: Not the primary purpose, no... but definitely a secondary purpose, in that impressive displays of one's military might a) presumably encourage at least a few more people to enlist who otherwise wouldn't and b) would tend to make potential enemies more likely to think twice about becoming actual enemies. ("Might" is here being used as a noun.) | |
| Nov 22, 2018 at 3:38 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Sean: I am not privy to the thought processes of the higher brass. From my own experience, it did not work to instill discipline. As for looking impressive in parades, despite the opinion of the current Commander in Chief, that is NOT the purpose of a military force. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 18:03 | comment | added | Vikki | @jamesqf: I thought close-order drill was no longer taught for use in combat, but rather a) to instill discipline and b) to look impressive during parades? | |
| Nov 26, 2017 at 18:39 | answer | added | tj1000 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 26, 2017 at 4:46 | answer | added | user27618 | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Sep 11, 2017 at 1:24 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/907052119357784065 | ||
| Sep 10, 2017 at 19:55 | answer | added | Schwern | timeline score: 15 | |
| Sep 10, 2017 at 17:59 | comment | added | jamesqf | In general, armies don't like new ways of doing things. It's commonly said that they're always preparing to fight the last war, but in my experience it goes well beyond that. They're still teaching things like close-order drill that have been obsolete at least since the American revolutionary forces ambushed the Redcoats at Lexington and Concord. | |
| Sep 10, 2017 at 3:57 | history | edited | sempaiscuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2017 at 3:23 | answer | added | sempaiscuba | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 10, 2017 at 2:50 | history | asked | Lars Bosteen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |