<span style="font-weight: bold;">Comparison of military operational tactics (Snake model)</span><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Infantry:</span><br>Snake smells them, leaves area.<br><br><b>Airborne:</b><br>Lands on and kills the snake.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Armor:</span><br>Runs over snake, laughs, and looks for more snakes.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aviation:</span><br>Has GPS coordinates to snake.<br>Can't find snake. Returns to base for refuel, crew rest and manicure.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ranger:</span><br>Plays with snake, then eats it.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Field Artillery:</span><br>Kills snake with massive Time On Target barrage<br>with three Forward Artillery Brigades in support. Kills several<br>hundred civilians as unavoidable collateral damage. Mission is<br>considered a success and all participants (i.e., cooks, mechanics<br>and clerks) are awarded Silver Stars.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Forces:</span><br>Makes contact with snake, ignores all State<br>Department directives and Theater Commander Rules of Engagement by<br>building rapport with snake and winning its heart and mind. Trains it<br>to kill other snakes. Files enormous travel settlement upon return.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Combat Engineer</span>:<br>Studies snake. Prepares in-depth doctrinal<br>thesis in obscure 5 series Field Manual about how to defeat snake using<br>counter mobility assets. Complains that maneuver forces don't<br>understand how to properly conduct doctrinal counter-snake ops.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Navy SEAL</span>:<br>Expends all ammunition and calls for naval gunfire<br>support in failed attempt to kill snake. Snake bites SEAL and<br>retreats to safety. Hollywood makes fantasy film in which SEALS<br>kill Muslim extremist snakes.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Navy:</span><br>Fires off 50 cruise missiles from various types of ships,<br>kills snake and makes presentation to Senate Appropriations<br>Committee on how Naval forces are the most cost-effective means of<br>anti-snake Force projection.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marine:</span><br>Kills snake by accident while looking for souvenirs.<br>Local civilians demand removal of all US forces from Area ofOperations.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marine Recon:</span><br>Follows snake, gets lost.