Re: [FT] Crew Professionalism and Ship Quality

>Noam wrote:
>
>> Opportunism: This has got to be leader- or
commander-dependent. I
>> don't think an entire fleet can be genearlized in this way.
>
>It definitely can. The culture and doctrine of each fleet
includes
>among other things its opinions on opportunism, individual
thought and
>risk-taking.

The usual description is "pull vs push".  In ground combat, a
"pull" army is one in which the recon units find gaps and "pull"
into the openings the bigger formations which support them.  In
a "push" army, you usually know where the bigger formation is
going to go, and you hope you can find or create a gap there.
Israeli army is traditionally "pull", Russian is the classic
"push".  Push is much simpler and vastly more common, even in
armies which claim to espouse "pull" doctrine.