Originally Posted by Basenshukai

A leader must lead from where he can best control his element. This applies at all levels. An SF Captain on a mounted patrol through the mountains of Southern Afghanistan will best control his element somewhere totally different from where a Major General must place himself in order to control an infantry division. The front, the middle and in some case the rear (MSS on an SR mission, for instance) might be one of the places an SF Captain might find best for the efforts of the team.