Back in the day, war generals would fight side by side with their troops on the battlefield. Why does that no longer happen anymore?
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Because being promoted to that point requires years of experience and knowledge that isn’t easily replaceable
To put that in harms way for a single additional soldier is not a good deal at all. Also many top generals are going to be beyond their peak years physically and are unlikely to be as effective as soldiers as they once were.
Also, these generals being on the field make them valuable targets, where you could damage an enemy a lot by taking out one person.
Back in the day this was necessary and less of a problem because:
– War wasn’t as complex so the top end for experience wasn’t as high
– More importantly, we didn’t have long range communications so for a general to know what’s going on and issue orders, they’d realistically need to be close by
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