It was the right thing to do and believe me I don't say that easy (pun not intended). Staros came off as a good leader at first, one who cared about his men and realize a better plan would reduce casualties and in my opinion achieve the same goal. At first it appeared that he didn't want to lose his men for something useless or something suicidal or something that didn't need to be done a certain way but I think later on it turned into him not wanting to lose any men. LTC Tall was a decent leader at best and an eager inept light colonel with something to prove at worst, they both were pretty inept but the one thing LTC Tall had going for him was not just rank but his warrior attitude which was quite reckless but better than being too soft. I think if Staros had been the Battalion commander he might have made the better decisions, his infantry tactics knowledge seamed sufficient but he was 1 stop to soft to continue leading. Maybe if given another chance he would have shined..who knows.
But if I were the Battalion commander (LTC Talls position) I would relieve him of his command, that hesitation is a bad sign. In the face of danger I've seen supposed leaders hesitate and I've seen rookies hesitate too, new guys hesitating is not good but it can be fixed, key leaders hesitating is a bad sign....it can get people killed, even in a situation like C Company. They were way to stationary for comfort, your either moving and shooting or your dead...its just that simple. I would have done something like give him a position as the assistant Battalion S-3 (Operations) or Battalion S-4 (Logistics), he seamed to be a deeper thinker and he did seam to be able to effectively plan things but he wasn't the type of officer that goes head first into a s*** storm which is okay...not everyone is like that but as a Logistics officer or even part of Operations he could show some other strengths. If he didn't excel in the Infantry Battalion command staff I would likely get him transferred to JAG corps just like in the movie. I wouldn't rush to call him a bad leader across the board just in certain areas...
Sorry for the long post but I find this stuff interesting and have a large amount of military knowledge
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Cinematography obsession to the max.
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