Posted on Oct 8, 2015
Why have Leaders allowed training to be so watered down these days?
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I don't think that "watered down" would be the term that I would use to describe today's training MSG Mr. Lee Wright. We as an Army are fiscally strapped much like we were some 20 years ago and we as Leaders need to find innovative ways to achieve training objectives. If that means setting up a glass house with engineer tape to train to enter and clear a room, then that is what we have to do. If that means building a sand table and using small blocks of wood painted with bumper numbers to practice and rehearse mounted actions on contact, then that's what we have to do. These and many others were the types of things that we used to do back in the day, and I am sure you remember, to execute training when ideal resources were not readily available. We're NCOs, we think outside of the box to execute the commanders intent.
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You are correct in that manner. Think of it this way. Just ask most Soldiers and Leaders what does loyalty, commitment, duty, pride, professionalism, means to them. Don't ask the old Soldier asks the SFC and below. See the point i am getting at and I know for a fact you are going through this is...where is that extra dedication by that older Soldier to stay later in the evenings to teach train and mentor the younger and less experienced ones? I get it, since 9-11 we only focused on deployments, but at some point inside the ranks we need to get "THE BACKBONE" back, and we need to do it kicking and screaming all the way up the ranks. Trust me I know it's happening, where we have professionals fighting to get it back, so this is in now way saying everything is watered down. I can say that those things you are talking about we do in your post, only a few Leaders are doing it and it's probably the higher ranking ones executing it. Thanks for your excellent post 1SG.
The Backbone has always been there. It may need a little calcium now and again, but it is still there. Kicking and screaming has its time and place, and I remember that is how it was ingrained in me moving up through the ranks. While there is still a need for that approach, there are other, more effective approaches out there to today's Soldiers. I can still effectively bore a hole through your heart with just a glance, I reserve that for those souls who do not toe the line with less subtle approaches.