Again, it is commonsense that someone around 25ish, is going to be more lethal - a couple of things - if he is looking across the branches, 23-25 year-old infantryman has 4 to 7 years of being a grunt under his belt; they've got a couple years as an NCO and the greater responsibility that entails.
Why wouldn't they be better tactically? Why wouldn't their force preservation skills be higher?
What we don't have is a comparison of the 'lethality' of the first term grunt - 18 to 22 year-old - versus the 'lethality' of older, mid-twenties, first term grunts.
Additionally, what everyone seems to overlook, is that if a majority of first term re-enlistments were into the 03 career field, you'd be draining the knowledge from a lot other fields. How would you like to be flying in a squadron where as soon as the guy essentially gets his feet on the ground, and could be trusted to crew chief your aircraft, they get shunted to the infantry?
Myself, I can see some unintended consequences.
Last edited by 26 Inf; 08-03-18 at 14:18.
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