Preparing for Battle!!!

2014-04-08T13:38:49-04:00

What are some sustainments utilizing the Army Profession model that will cause a positive impact on future battlegrounds? Are there any pitfalls or lost training due to oversensitivity issues of standards, groups, or Soldiers that will cause a negative impact on the battlegrounds of tomorrow?

Response by CW2 Jonathan Kantor made Apr 8 at 2014 1:47 PM

2014-04-08T13:47:01-04:00

That's a difficult question to answer. Can you be more specific?

Response by SPC Christopher Smith made Apr 8 at 2014 1:53 PM

2014-04-08T13:53:11-04:00

I'll take a shot at this in order, but not in great detail with each.

1) Technology saves our SMs lives, but increases the chance of non combantant civilians deaths.

2) I don't think there is too much sensitivity that is effecting our battleground tactics, pretty much a good bit of the PC culture goes out the door when the bullets start to fly.

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Apr 14 at 2014 8:52 AM

2014-04-14T08:52:52-04:00

Always a difficult question to answer, because it has been asked pretty much every time we get done with a major conflict and reset to a garrison mindset. We go through a transitional period where we evaluate the lessons learned from the last conflict and try to make certain changes to be prepared for the next conflict. As far as over-sensitivity and issues of standards or the integration of females into combat arms roles, we will only know how things go when and if the forces of today have to put their training to use in combat.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Aug 12 at 2014 3:23 AM

2014-08-12T03:23:23-04:00

Are you writing something for the War College? My head just cracked open.lol