I agree, our men need more training. But the type of training they need is much different from what people expect. You can’t teach a man to shoot twice. Our men can shoot and have pretty solid aim. They’re also brave. As much as I hate to bring it into a rational conversation about fighting. That “jazba” does matter. And we have enough of that.
The thing our soldiers lack is education. Simply; a US soldier is much better educated. It’s not that ours are illiterate, but theirs can be taught so much more than ours can just because of being better educated. In the past that has kept our soldiers looking like a militia in the face of proper armies. Though I have to say with the new generation I’ve seen improvements. Our soldiers are generally better understanding and more aware now due to the world we live in, and it’s helping us for the better. And slowly this generation will make it to the higher ranks as well. So we do have some hope there.
That being said. The enemies we fight or have fought till now have been better suited to this type of soldier. I.e: terrorists, which we’ve effectively fought. Plus India and Afghanistan. Which do even worst than us in this regard. At least our soldiers and disciplined and from a professional army. Plus they’re battle hardened.
Our whole country faces an issue of illiteracy and that’s been reflected in the armed forces in the past. I’ve grown up in and around the military and personally I think it’s gotten a lot better. Let’s see what the future holds.
Edit: one more thing that comes with that education is self reliance in the field. Pakistani soldiers rely on by the book training and actions and commands from officers. US soldiers due to better common sense and understanding would pick a path for themselves.
Hence we use so many officers in the field and the US deploys one LT and he’s like a great thing. Our LTs are like college freshmen.
In the field I’d expect a Pakistani soldier to do everything he’s been taught by the book. He’d do it perfectly. Even if it lead to failure.
A US soldier would follow orders the same as a Pakistani one. But he’d change what he needs to do depending upon the situation because he understands it better.
Again; I’ve seen improvement in this regard in our men. Hopefully more will come.
That physical health point is another overlooked thing. Any person from a developed country would be healthier and more fit regardless of equal diet and training. A major advantage.
