You’re right. Calling awareness a manly skill does sound farfetched. But that’s because our culture has destroyed men and their natural role as defenders. A shiny city on a hill without men is a city without walls, watchtowers or gatekeepers. That’s the outcome of the global communist conspiracy (and the feminist movement). It’s here and now.
Chris Kyle’s father put it well: Are you a Sheepdog, a Sheep, or a Wolf?
Our culture has tried as hard as it can to destroy the masculine virtues of being a sheepdog (because at its core, it IS a masculine virtue).
I presume it is because the people eroding those values want everyone to be sheep...
...so they can be the wolves.