[jonascord]

"If you load a mud foot down with a lot of gadgets that he has to watch, somebody a lot more simply equipped – say with a stone ax – will sneak up and bash his head in while he is trying to read a vernier."
--Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I like that quote.

[aragorn]

Great quote, and salient point.

I used to tell my soldiers, "Technology is wonderful, when it works."

Being a technical support type, though, I know from experience that equipment fails, often when you need it the most. If you have no backup skills / tools, you're out of commission.

Not to mention that we carried a lot of weight in batteries, and the re-supply was sometimes not able to keep up with the requirement.

A map, and a compass, and the skills to use them, are still important to the ground-pounders.