Here is my take on this, having spent 6 years in the army, traveling from regular army to the special forces area of it.
1. Yes we were all soldiers.
2. We did NOT all have the same training- Particularly in the SF side, it is more or less divided into Group > Company > Team (squad). Now in any given company there will be 5-6 Teams, and within on those teams there will be 1 specialized in mountain and harsh weather survival. 1 specialized in water infiltration and tactics. 1 specialized in urban tactics. So on and so forth.
3. From team to team equipment differs- Each team's mission is different and thus they do not have the same equipment. They do have about 80% same gear, but once your start to look into their specializations the equipment differs.
How does this relate to the topic? Well "realistically" it would be nice if an IG general took doctrines for every single troop in his army. But this is just not realistic. It is not cost effective (point wise). Just like in the actual US Army it is not cost effective (money/time wise) for each team/company within the same group to have all the same equipment and training. |