How to Train Your People for the Worst Case Scenario

The IPKF had been sent into Sri Lanka to try and quell the violence between the Sri Lankan government and the LTT. It was a good unit, trained and prepared well before coming into Sri Lanka in late 1988. One of the biggest things you need to watch out for in a combat situation is routine. The brigade and divisional commanders from whose formations such units came as reliefs were unprofessional.