I changed the format, I didn't know it was necessary. Anyways. Leadership and maturity are needed, yes, but that won't get rid of the problem of RM feeling absolutely unnecessary. When batt medics do get here (some batts already have their own medics) that will only get worse, and our suggestions are a way for us to feel like we do make a difference and that we're not just here to heal when the batt medics we already have aren't there.
I did the evaluation sim on the server we had 4 times in a row. FOUR times in a row. Sure, when you heal people they say thanks and that's kind of enough for me but when we get to debrief and RM isn't even mentioned once, it kind of makes us feel a little but underappreciated. I'm used to it, I've been healing in every game I play that has healers, but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
(Also you really don't need to -1 every post I make, for talking about maturity that's being hypocritical.)