The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:45:54 -0500

I suspect every service does one thing better than the others.  I think we all know that each of our branches could also do something better.  Tell us what you think your service does best AND what your branch could improve on, perhaps by following the another service's example.  Try to make it practical and mission oriented.  We don't need to hear about how the Navy has an enviable mustache policy. Here's mine: Sustain:  The Army's Warrant Officer aviation program.  I think it's pretty smart because I doubt every pilot needs to be commissioned and getting career tracked for command. Improve:  Marksmanship.  Beyond the squad designated marksman and sniper programs, as a ground force the Army could learn a lot from the USMC about training marksmen.  The Army's particularly bad about arming soldiers with pistols without proper training.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 20 at 2013 5:59 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:59:20 -0500

Excellent points and I agree with you on your sustains and improvements.

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Dec 20 at 2013 6:04 PM

1SG Steven Stankovich — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:04:06 -0500

Let me begin by saying that I was a 19D Cavalry Scout for the first 17 years of my time in the Army. Since then, I have been part of the MI Corps.

Sustain: The technical expertise across the board. We have some of the smartest personnel on the planet within the Army MI Corps.

Improve: Day-in and Day-out leadership of Soldiers. I may take a hit on this, but this is my opinion and I believe that I am entitled to it. The MI Corps as a whole can do better with regards to how it leads its Soldiers day in and day out. The Corps as a whole does not have the emphasis on traditional leadership roles as you move up within the ranks. What I mean by that is that you may have an analyst or a HUMINTer or CI Agent who has never been part of a squad or have never been in charge of Soldiers. They, as a whole, at times do not understand how to engage or how to fix some of the problems that Soldiers have that in other MOSs, maybe combat arms, comes as second hand. We need to work on that to improve the MI Corps as a whole.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 20 at 2013 6:05 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:05:41 -0500

We in the Air Force have the best cookies! Oh wait, that is the girl scouts, Nevermind.

But we move most of the equipment around and have some pretty nice equipment to get our soldiers from place to place.