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> I'm sure the US military

I don't think this post is about the US military though. Uniforms look Singaporean.

From the author's bio, "Space Lawyer and Founder. Former Singapore Army officer. Sci-fi author in general." Though I suspect the uniforms in the third and fifth pictures aren't Singaporean or American.

The fifth picture, from its source attribution, is (Scottish, I think) Highland Territorials in a trench in France in 1914.

The post is about how we should learn about leadership from the military. The US army is the mightiest military force in the world. But that's not enough to win wars. Winning wars seems more interesting than having great teams.

> But that's not enough to win wars.

The blog post never says it is.

> Winning wars seems more interesting than having great teams.

It's ok to write blog posts about a variety of things, even if you think there's something potentially more interesting elsewhere.

Sure, but it's not like those things "elsewhere" are completely unrelated. It's implied that building great teams "military style" are a great solution to many problems, and are applicable to the corporate world.

I would like to point out that having a great military force is not enough for what's important -- many times, it's not even needed!

This isn't an article about winning wars, and I'm not advocating that building great teams is a guarantor of success.

This is a guide for those who have decided on their own that they want to focus on building a great team, because their personal assessment is that a great team is what they need to succeed.

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