Infantry Will be Key to Russia’s Success or Failure in Ukraine

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, maneuver as an Infantry Rifle Squad Aug. 21, 2020, on Sand Hill. The Infantry Rifle Squad, or “Super Squad” consists of nine Soldiers organized under a Squad Leader into two four-man fire teams. This demonstration shows new Infantry One Station Unit Training Soldiers their future in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Public Affairs)

In today’s high-tech world of information warfare, drones, and fifth-gen stealth fighters, there is still one unit absolutely essential to battlefield success: the humble infantryman.

Although there’s nothing humble about the infantry.

Graduating from infantry school at Ft. Benning, Georgia and shipping off to serve in the 101st…