there is only one soldier that can withstand any environmental condition without extensive training and equipment.
eto, kwento saking ng kaibigan ko na member ng PN(M), tuwing Balikatan daw, hindi na-iingit ang mga members ng PN(M) sa mga members ng USMC, kahit na ung mga taga USMC may thermal blanket, puno ng granada at magazines ung mga combat belts nila. Ung mga members ng PN(M) ang laman ng belt nila sardinas at ung panglaban nila sa thermal blanket ng USMC ay gin at beer.
pagdating sa gabi, pupunta ung mga USMC sa campo ng mga Pilipino, tapos makikita na nag-iinuman ung mga Pilipino. Hihingi si Joe, at pangbabayad nila ung thermal blanket nila at mga equipment. three years later, bibenta ng mga Marines ung nakuha nila.
seriously now, the members of the AFP had been fighting a civil war even before it was established. Our soldiers gain their experience from actual combat, where one mistake means death, literally. The Americans train hard, but they cannot factor in the determination of the enemy to succeed that easily, and that is why they are getting hammered in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While it is true that they have good equipment, overtime, that advantage of theirs turned into a real disadvantage, because of their over dependence on their equipment.
Of course, I am only talking about their units in general. I cannot factor in the determination of an individual to succeed.
