Lack of military organization doesn’t mean the Rebel Alliance holds no value for military observers. When one realizes that the Rebel Alliance is a scattered grouping of discontents, Imperial cast-offs, smugglers, and guns-for-hire, it's easy to see why the Imperials constantly refer to them as “the Rebel scum.” And it becomes much more believable from a military standpoint why they would constantly gamble away their fleet and their forces on chance missions with a preposterously low chance of success, such as attacking the Death Star.
And that’s even before the Empire’s heavy hitters arrive. Lacking heavy weapons like automatic, crew-served blasters, the Rebel infantry gets pushed back and encircled. Members of the Imperial garrison rapidly beset the Rebel infantry, who choose to fight it out toe-to-toe rather than break contact and exfiltrate back into the jungle. After the Rebel commando teams insert on Scarif, place their demo charges, and take up defensive positions behind cover, no one seems to have thought of the second and third order effects that would occur after the charges went off. However, here we see again the lack of planning and foresight that has come to characterize the Rebel Alliance. Clad in the recognizable camo uniforms from Return of the Jedi, the Rebel commandos demonstrate an exceptional ability to organize into small strike teams, infiltrate into enemy territory, move tactically, and conduct basic demolitions tasks. Moving from operations to tactics, in Rogue One we finally get to see the Rebel infantry in action.
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