The general, who supposedly has hundreds of years of tactical experience, makes absolutely the worst decisions with regard to deploying her troops. For instance, while trying to be stealthy they yell loudly to each other instead of using hand signals and maintaining noise discipline. She bunches her troops all together so if one soldier were to trigger an IED the majority of her force would be injured or killed. Later, the whole group squeezes into a small cave with no one to guard the entrance or even watch for the enemy. Brownie Scouts would know better.