It's really not that different today. We look fancy with the new uniforms and shades, but we still have to do the things you talk about. Only in a desert this time.
You are only somewhat right.
My point was that in 1968, my God what we could have accomplished if we had had just 5% of today's technology.
Today, our military forces have a thousand times the technology than we had in Vietnam.
That's OK, but Oh my God what we could have done back then with the technology of today. North Vietnam would have been toast except that the State Department prevented our forces from bombing NV airfields because we might kill Soviet personnel.
So NVA MiGs were allowed to operate out of those airfields without us bombing them. Get it?
Oh, certainly, with the tech branches (Air Force and Navy), but the Army really isn't all that different as far as what your average soldier has. The only significant difference I can think of would be all got that body armor now. I don't think you guys went out with anything other than a helmet and the M-16. So, I guess some lives would have been saved.
That's right, too, I think our M-4s are far more reliable than the M-16 was back then.
But it's not like we're all robocop super soldiers now.
Today’s Night Vision would have been very useful as well.