Rogue One – A Tactical Analysis by a Staff Officer
Perhaps one of my favorite non-firearms blogs is Angry Staff Officer, a completely irreverent, passionate, off-kilter, and on-point blog of a US Army mustang who perhaps regrets the jump into officerdom. In his occasional musings, Star Wars frequently pops up as a favorite topic including his recent missive analyzing the Raid on Scariff as only an officer can. Replete with words like “plan”, “operationally”, and “command and control.”
As an enlisted man, ugh.
However, as a manager, the Angry Staff Officer has some very good points. While the raid was shot and executed primarily for the entertainment of an audience, not the satisfaction of armchair generals, the officer draws to a very succinct point – that the raid was unnecessarily costly due to poor planning and the usage of decision by consensus/emotion.
As the analysis opens up, the Army teaches today “No more Task Force Smiths” which in modern military terms is a close allegory to the Raid on Scariff. Task Force Smith was a haphazardly thrown together force during the Korean War when US Command thought the mere presence of US troops would be sufficient to show “…that American wasn’t messing around…”
For the full analysis, head on over to Angry Staff Officer. (Warning – Spoilers if anyone has not yet seen the movie).
One of TFB's resident Jarheads, Nathan now works within the firearms industry. A consecutive Marine rifle and pistol expert, he enjoys local 3-gun, NFA, gunsmithing, MSR's, & high-speed gear. Nathan has traveled to over 30 countries working with US DoD & foreign MoDs.The above post is my opinion and does not reflect the views of any company or organization.
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You do realize in the movie producers fevered dreams that the Rebels are the SJW's warriors and antifa black bloc full of "strong powerful" feminists and effeminate Black men with a few Asians for diversity? The Empire is the US.
Of course the Empire (US) will win but only after destroying peaceful communes and victimizing said aboriginal and minority peoples and crushing them underfoot.
First thing you should do in a surprise attack is drop in out of hyperspace and then start up roll call....
They needed to hire more mil advisors for tha tmovie. Also, Disney needs to stfu and let the director make a good movie.