[GutleNus]

Depends. Practice at fighting low intensity wars obviously makes the US military better at fighting future low intensity wars, but it might make them worse at fighting conventional wars against a peer opponent.

[nofkayalk]

Depends. Practice at fighting low intensity wars obviously makes the US military better at fighting future low intensity wars, but it might make them worse at fighting conventional wars against a peer opponent.

On the plus side, there aren't any peer opponents.

[StincPriene]

Growing up on a steady diet of Halo and Half-Life has made our military men better at flying Predator drones.

[itsmycock]

So, Drake, would you say that an NCO who has been in a guerrilla war is less effective fighting conventionally than an NCO who has spent the past ten years in Ft. Hood? I don't dispute that an army that has experience fighting conventionally will do so better than an army that has spent time fighting irregular warfare. I'm wondering if the actual real world experience of dealing with IED threats and being harassed by bushwackers is less applicable to modern warfare than traditional training methods.