With budget cuts, what changes need to be made to NCOES schools?

SFC James Baber — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 09:16:34 -0500

With all the cutbacks and budget shortages, what changes do you think need to be looked at or implemented to make it a better experience and/or more proficient for all involved?

Response by SSG Robert Burns made Dec 21 at 2013 12:07 PM

SSG Robert Burns — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:07:27 -0500

I think more locations will cut costs significantly. No reason why everyone in the world has to travel to one place to go to ALC/SLC.

Response by SFC James Baber made Dec 21 at 2013 3:51 PM

SFC James Baber — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:51:03 -0500

This could also be a answer for the so-called excess personnel they wan to cut, and since you could save money on TDY for sending people to school, that saved money could be utilized on the Cadre's salaries instead of reducing the force. That could be your budget cutting saves, create the schools on the installations that have unused property and facilities with personnel already in place and you save towards the needed reduction in funds, that way no reduction of force to save money needed, makes economical sense to me, but I am not the genius's in Washington, so I am not as smart as they are to lead us.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 22 at 2013 8:21 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:21:04 -0500

There is something to be said about going TO a school. I think asking an NCO to go to school full-time and still having to deal with "work" is too much to ask of some schools, especially at the more senior level. The building of relationships and the focusing on school make it much better than conducting schooling via Distance Learning (DL). I do think some schools can be taught via DL; but, I also believe that building those relationships, face-to-face communication/education, and time at the school with the SMEs can provide a better quality of education for more personal (and less technical) type schooling.

There are many things that can be done DL, but there is still something that can/should be done in a classroom at a schoolhouse - for much more than the educational value.

Response by SSG Zachery Mitchell made Mar 12 at 2014 3:10 AM

SSG Zachery Mitchell — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:10:13 -0400

Cutting the ALC-CC class in half. 90 days is way more than enough to get it complete, cut it down to 45 of even 60 which would allow more classes per year which in turn would help alleviate the back log of NCO's that are stuck on a waiting list.