No need to take it personally mate, this is a discussion board after all.

Anyway, as far as I can see the experience of a footsoldier hasnt changed fundamentally. Obviously technology has transformed exactly how they fight, but ultimately an infantryman still has to engage his enemy, be it with a club, a sword, a musket and bayonet or an assault rifle. Going along with that, a infantryman through all the ages has still had to march bearing heavy loads, has still had to live in often shitty conditions and has still to face grave danger and the hardships of a soldier's life.

The tools of the trade have changed, but ultimately and fundamentally I think the experience of the combat infantryman hasn't.