[Night Stalker]

Originally posted by MagiK: quote: Originally posted by Eisenschwarz: Since for example, The unit cohesion idea is false.

Prove this or go home. Im am quite sure you never served in the US armed forces so you do not know the problems caused are.
[/QUOTE]I will echo this .... well, not the go home part. But this statement, Eisen, shows your ignorance of understanding unit co-hesion's effects on combat effectiveness. Quite simply, a unit that is divided is ineffective. The forced integration of "coloreds" created very tense units because of the rampant predjuces that abounded. Those units either overcame them under fire (bad place for that) or attrophied. It wasn't until society as a whole accepted integration (for the most part) that 'mixed units' were not a large problem.

The military is not the place for social experimentation - people's lives are at stake. For a unit to be effective, it needs trust and respect. Otherwise, people die.

This also goes for personal conflicts as well. If every one in the unit, for whatever reason, can't get along, the unit is in jepordy.