Dragomere wrote:Anemos Major wrote:
Look at it this way. If one recruit spends a few months training to become an infantryman, another spends a few months training to become a tank crewman, another spends a few months training to become an artilleryman and so on and so forth for every job you've clumped into that one category (ranging from cook to quartermaster to anti-aircraft gunner to combat engineer to army air corps pilot), how many months and how much money will you need to train each soldier in every role required for your army to continue functioning before you send them off to the frontline to die in a few minutes because they can't remember anything they need to remember under all the useless rubble you've shovelled into their heads?
One year of training.
For comparison, USMC Boot Camp takes 12 weeks, with infantry training taking an additional 59 days. So, a basic Marine infantryman will be in training for about 143 days, about 39% of the time it'll take you to train one soldier. Beyond this, if a soldier is going to be an infantryman, why does he also have to be ready to hop in and operate a tank, or use a piece of artillery? If you allowed specialization, it'd allow you to churn troops out much quicker, and those troops would likely be better at their particular job than if they'd been forced to try and learn all the jobs.
And let's not forget that the majority of your troops will always be rear area personnel. Why does a logistics officer need to know how to drive a tank or aim an artillery piece? Why do they need infantry training beyond that at boot camp? They're not going to be mean to be on the front lines, and if they are something has gone horribly wrong. You're wasting a bunch of money and time here, and should reconsider.