Do we wait too long to teach MDMP to officers?

I think we need to start teaching it as early as we can. I'm currently at a Division G-2 and the entire staff uses it all the time. I conduct hip pocket MDMP training with the Soldiers in my section all the time because I want it in the back of their minds when it comes time to pull the trigger on getting the process started. In addition to teaching the steps, I think we do a terrible job of showing what right looks like and we fully expect our Soldiers to understand and apply it as soon as they are trained. Not only should we be training junior officers but we NEED and SHOULD be teaching this same things to junior to mid-career NCO's as they progress through the ranks.

I am a current MP CCC student and we are just about to start learning about the MDMP process. Although I question how useful the MDMP process would be to a LT, I would definitely have liked to have seen it prior to coming to CCC. Conducting LPDs at the BN level seems like a easy way to introduce the concept, without overwhelming personnel with information.

NCO’s as well. And when we do get it, it’s a quick week in courses such as battle staff or SPO II, which was great but it would’ve be nicer if I was exposed to it before those courses. I wholeheartedly believe that it should be incorporated in NCOES. Much needed for when we begin to assume staff positions or just to become overall well rounded NCO’s and assets to our Officer counterparts.