I'm talking historically, as the prestige of the soldier has collapsed over the last decades, to say the least....
still no, WW2, WW1 it still applies. Unless you go back to pre industry it works. Which would make sense if you are talking about Norwegian fighting prowess

And the soldier now has to be smarter and in some ways physically superior. A truly superb soldier these days is much harder to achieve than in say 1235.