Making a soldier tote more load to make up for poor planning, lousy logistics, and inadequate resupply in this day and age makes no sense.

We fight battles using the latest technology and strategies that were proven obsolete during World War 2.

Command is at least 50 years behind the times.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)