Apart from the fact I find it more difficult as I age to understand technology as it evolves so I can't help but wonder if with each new advancement, whether or not older commanders are more readily equipped/qualified to use it over a younger individual, perhaps even a young corporal. Also wondering if field/combat decisions should be left up to the individuals actually in the front lines, not some General in the rear, miles from the action. I guess I might be asking if newer advanced military technology is making war a younger man's/woman's game.
Found this :https://www.brookings.edu/articles/t...nd-the-perils/
Excerpt: Too frequently, generals at a distance use technology to insert themselves into matters formerly handled by those on the scene and at ranks several layers of command below them. “?‘It’s like crack [cocaine] for generals,’ says Chuck Kamps, a professor of joint warfare at the Air Command and Staff College. ‘It gives them an unprecedented ability to meddle in mission commanders’ jobs.”
Thoughts? Communication with the front is one thing but what about actually using advanced weaponry, who would understand it more....younger field personnel or the old guard sipping cognac in the rear? Yes I know older people can learn new technology also.