 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Jul 2018 6:11 p.m. PST |
What elements give combat its unique character? * fear
* fatigue
etc. |
| Irish Marine | 12 Jul 2018 6:27 p.m. PST |
1. Death
2. Death
3. Death
4. Death
5. Death |
| Titchmonster | 12 Jul 2018 6:49 p.m. PST |
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| Bravo Two Zero | 12 Jul 2018 7:05 p.m. PST |
That thing Conan said. "Blah blah Lamentations of their women" JH |
| USAFpilot | 12 Jul 2018 7:39 p.m. PST |
Information
Maneuver
Firepower
Protection
Leadership |
ZULUPAUL  | 13 Jul 2018 2:44 a.m. PST |
My guess (never having been in combat) would be fear of death/maiming. |
 etotheipi  | 13 Jul 2018 4:49 a.m. PST |
Death
Strategy
Logistics
Human Performance
Luck |
 Legion 4 | 13 Jul 2018 6:25 a.m. PST |
Irish Marine +2  |
| Korvessa | 13 Jul 2018 8:00 a.m. PST |
I don't remember the title – other than it was a lame WWII movie – Battle of the Bulge maybe –
But one of the characters was saying that most men were more afraid of being seriously hurt than dying. I wonder how true that is? |
| Legion 4 | 13 Jul 2018 1:36 p.m. PST |
Don't want to find out !  |
| brass1 | 14 Jul 2018 8:49 a.m. PST |
From what I remember, fearing serious injury more than death was definitely a thing. That feeling seemed to disappear when someone was seriously injured when someone near him was killed. No joke. LT |
| Irish Marine | 14 Jul 2018 10:19 p.m. PST |
Oh I forgot disgust. 1. Disgust having to kill people, even the bad guys. 2. Disgust having to see dead friends. 3. Disgust having to pick up parts of friends from roads and inside buildings. 4. Disgust having to see little kids killed or wounded and not be able to help them. 5. Disgust filling body bags with someone you just ate chow next to and now is dead. |
 Herkybird | 15 Jul 2018 12:14 p.m. PST |
Fear/stress
Comradeship
Boredom
Casualties
Killing |
