Utility of AOC

[Infanteer]

I agree with MCG - there is no question of the utility for an "AOC" (or the various other names our allies call it); the question is are we getting what we need from ours.

I'll throw up some articles for a little reading, reflection and discussion:

On Pentatheltes

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/169-burke.pdf

And a response on Triatheletes

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/170-mckinney.pdf

 

[daftandbarmy]

I agree with MCG - there is no question of the utility for an "AOC" (or the various other names our allies call it); the question is are we getting what we need from ours.

I'll throw up some articles for a little reading, reflection and discussion:

On Pentatheltes

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/169-burke.pdf

Burke's experience is similar to mine when I attended the computerized Battle Group trainer in Edmonton in 2003. With the exception of UAVs and some nice computer simulations, I could have been back in any one of a number of TEWTs in the early 1980s. This CAX was followed by a field based TEWT that could have been delivered on CTC Phase III ca. 1980 (Whoa, smell of Oromocto Donair Kebab flashback...)

Needless to say, though I was impressed with the staff and technology, I wasn't impressed with an organization that seemed less interested in training me to fight the 'war that was happening right now' vs. the 'war that never happened 30 years ago'.

I hope things have changed since then, at least a little bit.