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From an anonymous source, I recieved a picture of this new suit of his... Not allowed? Why not? You gave no impression that you were working for any sort of company...

Yes... what a glorious idea that was. You can see the aiming post at night... you just cant see what you're shooting at, lol.

BS? Would you rather have those troops poorly trained, rather than wait another year?

Not if the person asking the question is a Sgt! :D

With all the cases of torture (sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation, as commonly pointed out by these bleedin hearts) in Guantanamo Bay, I'd have expected the US government, as well as any government of the world, to be accused of torturing their soldiers similarly in any standard FTX...

Then why are you here generalising and telling us that it is always the way you claim? The soldier's actions dont include torturing the prisoner. If the soldier hands the prisoner to another country bound by the GC, unless he knows outright that the prisoner will be tortured, theres no way...

Untrue. The soldier handing over the prisoner has no problem with the law unless he hands over the prisoner knowing and intending that the party will torture them, I think. Any country can commit war crimes.

And if they are not, how are they to properly learn and conduct other operations not taught during their basic courses? I'm not saying practice doesnt make perfect, quite to the contrary. Repetition is necessary, and thats why we train at our units. Thats where, IMO, the repetition should be...

Actually, I did quite understand what was going on when we did the first theory class, and then further when we first did a walk through of it in the field. Thats why the theory class 3 days later was not productive, I found. Thats why I'm asking this question. Why not replace that second theory...

Is it really that productive reteaching the theory behind a platoon attack shortly after the troops just did a platoon attack (to standards), or is it more productive to teach them how to quickly set up and do a VCP instead? I think the latter is more productive, because then they leave training...

Indeed, and thats why we train with the unit. Is the course, however, not meant to introduce recruits to the types of operations they will be doing, and to make sure they can do it?

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Im not talking about scrapping the basics, I'm talking about eliminating the repetition.

Indeed. A stripper in your balmoral!  ;D As for the subject, I havent encountered anyone in person who made any smartass comment about the military or anything like that. Hell, the only time I've seen civvies pissed off at us was at the Wendy's/Timmies in Arnprior when we (along with 3 other...

Unfortunately this hasnt to do with inspiring confidence or getting them to do something, so most of that wont work. I know the previous team leaders of the troop I'm using as an example, and I know they are stand up soldiers. They do infact lead by example, and if they were in a position to...

Indeed, so why not sacrifice reteaching a platoon attack 8 days after first learning it, 3 days after last doing it, and teach something that they havent seen yet, like C&S, VCP, Urban Patrols or OBUA?

Indeed. Now, I dont mean to sound offensive, but if you have to chose between two soldiers now, both 21 year olds, who would you chose, the one that complains about being overlooked for some course and is considering quitting, or the one that was overlooked aswell, but is not considering...

Indeed, I should have explained it outright, but that still doesnt change my opinion that too many people are going around crying "BS" at everything they dont like.

I'm wondering if anyone knows whether the reserve BIQ or perhaps SQ (or both) is in the process of modification. I remember having to redo some of the same training in BIQ as I did in SQ because the curiculum repeated myself, and now that we've started doing VCPs, C&S and urban patrols, I figure...

Thats how I took the comment though. And as for the comment about this whole problem being BS, that gets on my nerves too. I'm tired of hearing new guys say "BS" this and "BS" that. Yes theres plenty of BS to put up with, but this isnt BS, and this cant readily be changed. Having to wait an...