I meant the latter but the former is probably true as well. It does seem telling that elite military units don't operate much like the bulk of the military does.
The key part of modern military organization is the utilization of specialized staff officers for planning and management.[1] Even elite units still use it at the battalion-level or above. Organization below the battalion is driven by a LOT of factors which vary across nations, but there's a reason so many countries employ a division of labor for specific functional areas for which a unit is responsible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_(military)#Continental_s...