Russian Army leaders and Guards units

[waynebaumber]

"In the American army, an officer, no matter what the rank, can't just give orders and expect them to be followed."

Really! I think A British officer would expect his orders to be followed unless there were exceptional circumstances. A nice example of the cultural differences between our two nations. I take your point though about chain of command I was thinking more that in the chaos of battle men will turn to who ever offers leadership and the leader counters in PG are those guys.