Training Mission in Kabul Afghanistan

[medicineman]

Isn't that the way it works - Capt comes up with idea, runs with it, then passes it up the chain for the cut and paste of signature blocks...oops, sorry, had a flashback to when I was a Pte  ;D.

MM

 

[PuckChaser]

Now, it's obvious that the training cadre is going to come from the field house.  And I 'get it' that they will have to undergo work up training. In the past, units and sub units went through their paces, culminating in an "event" at CMTC (or wherever).  How's this for an idea:

Those units that are going to be sent over fill up training slots at the schools?  I mean, we (the schools) are supposed to be the "be all, end all" for individual training, so why not?  As far as the Infantry School goes, we are constantly undermanning the staff for courses, and this could be at all rank levels. 

And no, this isn't just a "cheap grab" to fill slots, but by coming to a school, getting the indoc, and supervised by the various company/squadron/battery chains-of-command, then instructors could receive feedback from those who have already been training.  I know that there are many capable instructors out there, but wouldn't it make sense for those who do IT for a living to pass on their skills to those who are about to head over?

Anyway, just a thought.

I think that's a great idea, the culminating event being that they teach either a DP1 course, a BMQ, or a PLQ. It fulfills the Army's desperate need for qualified training staff, and provides an actual useful experience instead of firing blanks at random objects.

 

[vonGarvin]

Very interesting thought though.

You will, of course, get no credit for said thought when I next bring it up at work.... 8)

If it works, I'll gladly remain the "silent partner".  It's more important that we do things right, rather than I get a parade.


(I'd get a parade, right?  With flower girls and trumpets and streamers?)  ;D

 

[Franko]

If it works, I'll gladly remain the "silent partner".  It's more important that we do things right, rather than I get a parade.


(I'd get a parade, right?  With flower girls and trumpets and streamers?)  ;D

The only parade you're going to get is this one -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsntHcWiy4

 

[Journeyman]

(I'd get a parade, right?)

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."  ;D

Will Rogers
US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)