Posted on Apr 25, 2020
Were you debriefed following combat operations or other traumatic event?
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What has been your experience with debriefing ? Is it standard operating procedure following combat missions or other trauma, to include sexual trauma? I have no idea what is considered a sufficiently traumatic experience to warrant debriefing. Perhaps I didn't see enough action or my experiences might not meet the threshold of when the need for debriefing is indicated.
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I was not debriefed returning from Viet Nam but I was returning from Iraqi Freedom where I spent most of my day’s at KNB but as a 1SG my stress level was much higher during my last deployment taken responsibility for Soldiers is not for the feint of heart
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We did aircrew debriefings after exercise missions simulating a combat environment. The aircrew went to an intelligence debriefing where an intel NCO or Officer asked questions about the mission, what we had seen, and any details about "enemy" order of battle, bomb damage assessment, enemy attacks on the formation or aircraft, etc. Intel had their checklist of items they were looking for.
We routinely debriefed our aircrew or formation after every mission. The Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot, or Formation Leader conducted the debriefing. We reviewed the assigned mission and success parameters and how well they were achieved. We collected lessons learned and passed them along to operations leadership or the safety officer.
As a flight safety officer, I conducted post-mishap aircrew debriefing. My purpose was to gather statements about the mishap that would be used in the aircraft mishap investigation. We had a checklist for aircrew debriefings that made sure we covered all of the areas of investigation.
We routinely debriefed our aircrew or formation after every mission. The Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot, or Formation Leader conducted the debriefing. We reviewed the assigned mission and success parameters and how well they were achieved. We collected lessons learned and passed them along to operations leadership or the safety officer.
As a flight safety officer, I conducted post-mishap aircrew debriefing. My purpose was to gather statements about the mishap that would be used in the aircraft mishap investigation. We had a checklist for aircrew debriefings that made sure we covered all of the areas of investigation.
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Capt Raymond Lewis
That was a debriefing for a non combat training mission. It doesn't really make much sense to debrief bomb damage when it is all make believe and no real damage. I bet I could be 100% on target with all bombs when I really did not drop anything on a real target. Any enemy attacks on your flight had to be briefed before the flight because one was not allowed to do air combat maneuvers without briefing before hand. None of the "play" missions prepare you for the real thing with AA fire and missiles coming up at you.
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Lt Col Jim Coe
Capt Raymond Lewis you are almost correct. You have to train on your weapons system and mission or you won’t do well when time to do the real mission comes. At the time, exercises were the best we had. Vietnam was over and Desert Storm was still a decade away. We did practice dissimilar air combat tactics. Those of us who flew target air craft, aka transports, learned a lot. For example: look down shoot down radar has a hard time locking on to an aircraft moving slowly below 300 ft AGL. Also an F15 won’t follow a C130 into a 5000 foot deep valley with a box canyon at the other end. We could evade the air to air threat until we had to pop up to 500 feet to drop cargo. Fun stuff
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