Excellent article on Afghanistan

[Anthony_Scott]

Originally Posted by Snipey

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The last article is truly a must read. Thank you Also, I remember someone here talking about Soviets not having NCOs, or something like that: "Andrei: Typically 22 people or somewhere around there. There were five officers, 4 NCO's, and the rest sergeants and privates. "

I am referring to the lack of long-service NCO's like we have in the West. Those men tend to be the backbone of a long-service army and RussianSoviet military doctrine of the time put many of the duties associated with low- to mid-ranking corporals and sgts into the hands of very junior lieutenant ranks. To my knowledge that practice has not changed.