I loved my scout and mortar guys when I was in command.
A lot of Commander's did. For detail Platoon, lol.
On our CP door, it said Mortars - and every other job you can't handle.
Back in the day, I was in an Armor Bn.
We had the monthly Pay Officer/Class A inspection,
the DAT CO was trying to make us take off our Blue cords. Armor guys hated us.
In Germany during Border OPs (East/West German & Czech), guess who got ALL dismounted patrols, lol.
Of course the Tankers weren't too swift on dismounted Land Nav and probably would have become
International Incidents.
Oz