[IAmBroom]

> Up until the modern age no soldier did anything on their own. You act in formation and repeat what you've been drilled.

Citation desperately needed.

SOME armies drilled their soldiers, sure. Romans and Greeks spring to mind.

All? Ridiculous. The US revolutionary army was notoriously under-trained, for instance, and relied heavily on guerilla tactics - which are anti-formation, rely on inventive individual actions instead of mass obedience to minute action directives, and have been popular since Og picked up the first rock to throw, until today.