You don't really grasp the military or what they expect of their soldiers, do you?
Successful militaries do expect soldiers to think and act autonomously within the framework provided by their officers.
A general tells his colonels they're going to assault to the east, towards the enemy's capitol. One is to take the airfield to the south, one is to take the bridge and secure their route forward, and the third is to ensure no reinforcements arrive from the encampment to the north.
The general isn't going to issue squad-level instructions, and neither is the colonel. That task falls to the captains and lieutenants, who will then delegate part of the decision-making to the sergeants and corporals. The company commander orders a platoon to secure the field depot at the airfield, and the platoon commander orders a sergeant to lead a squad to take the front and a different sergeant to take the rear, while the third suppresses any enemy response. Those sergeants then issue orders - who's covering the movement over open terrain, which team is going to kick in the door, and so on.
All of this happens with the expectation that if the LT or Sergeant gets taken out, the next most senior person takes over command.
If you look at major commendations from actual wars, most of them involve someone taking initiative in an authority vacuum and leading effectively.
If it were like that, they'd get the jab and be done with it. If it takes forcing soldiers to get experimental gene therapy to bring about the "are we the baddies?" moment, that's great.
You don't really grasp the military or what they expect of their soldiers, do you?
Successful militaries do expect soldiers to think and act autonomously within the framework provided by their officers.
A general tells his colonels they're going to assault to the east, towards the enemy's capitol. One is to take the airfield to the south, one is to take the bridge and secure their route forward, and the third is to ensure no reinforcements arrive from the encampment to the north.
The general isn't going to issue squad-level instructions, and neither is the colonel. That task falls to the captains and lieutenants, who will then delegate part of the decision-making to the sergeants and corporals. The company commander orders a platoon to secure the field depot at the airfield, and the platoon commander orders a sergeant to lead a squad to take the front and a different sergeant to take the rear, while the third suppresses any enemy response. Those sergeants then issue orders - who's covering the movement over open terrain, which team is going to kick in the door, and so on.
All of this happens with the expectation that if the LT or Sergeant gets taken out, the next most senior person takes over command.
If you look at major commendations from actual wars, most of them involve someone taking initiative in an authority vacuum and leading effectively.
If it were like that, they'd get the jab and be done with it. If it takes forcing soldiers to get experimental gene therapy to bring about the "are we the baddies?" moment, that's great.