i've been through similar training jumpinjesus... though my perspective is that of an officer. not having been trained as an enlisted man, my experience could have been different.
my training to be an AF officer clearly puts a premium on groupaction but doesn't even seem to address groupthink.
perhaps if i were an infantry soldier it might be different?
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