Posted on Oct 18, 2015
Is the Army's MRT program in philosophical tension with the "no defect" mentality prevalent in the Army due to the draw-down?
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Is the Army's Master Resilience Training in any way at odds with the actual "no defect" mentality that defines the current active-duty climate? MRT trains Soldiers to believe that they can come back from mistakes, while their chain-of-command issues them career-ending punishments for relatively minor offenses. How do commanders balance the two competing values of clemency and discipline? What is the best answer to help our Soldiers be strong personally and professionally?
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CPT (Join to see) great topic as a former MRT trainer. It would be nice for the command to support it, mines never did. But to answer your question professionally and mentally for the MRT to be effective it needs to have the support from the COC and to incorporate it in all aspects of training. The regulation (AR) is the law for UCMJ not to coincide with resiliency issues the command should have the Soldiers best interest with classes (mandatory every quarter).
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SSG Warren Swan
CPT (Join to see) - Ma'am, we're the past and you're the future. So now is your time to make it happen and do right by those below you. You're asking the hard questions now. As far as putting it on an eval, if you're a good writer, you can put damn near anything on it, or write it in a manner that doesn't help the Soldiers cause at all. They know a bad eval even if it screams "success" all over it.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
CPT (Join to see) well said, definitely make a difference at your unit, henceforth the dialogue on RP and implement what you can change with your organization. If your not an MRT, I would truly seek this training and make a difference in ones life. Its important I can't began to tell you in over 25 years serving in the Army how many suicides and ill fated Soldiers that needed to hear/attend MRT that could be living today. It's important. Here is a link for more if anyone is seeking this important additional duty within your organization.
http://csf2.army.mil/mrtresource.html
http://csf2.army.mil/mrtresource.html
Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2)
Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) is designed to build resilience and enhance performance of the Army Family — Soldiers, their Families, and Army Civilians. CSF2 does this by providing hands-on training and self-development tools so that members of the Army Family are better able to cope with adversity, perform better in stressful situations, and thrive in life.
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COL Jon Thompson
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - This is an ongoing issue in the Army and some of it goes to all the training requirements that the big Army places on its units and commanders. So MRT ends up as you said, something that can go on a briefing slide. The same thing goes with the SHARP training, the EEO training, Safety training, IA training, etc. A commander needs to show they are 100% trained and positions filled even if it stops there. Commanders decide on priorities and if the block is checked, they can move on to something else. In the end, the Soldiers see this and many do not take the training seriously or buy in to what it is supposed to do.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
COL Jon Thompson thanks for the additional information, you nailed it Sir. Check the block is a serious NO-GO and it shows with the numbers on the rise and depicted in the training categories. I just hope the Big Army, starting with the SMA has this on his POW list. This could be a game changer for all!
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I did not have a lot of interaction with MRT before I retired. Some of that was because I was in an USAR unit that did not have the time to do that and also a deployment. That being said, to me it is something that most units will have because it is a requirement and then just give it lip service. I would bet that as the Army gets smaller and everything becomes more competitive, that there will not even be a balance. Discipline will win out even if it means ending the career of a Soldier. That is the fact of how the Army operates.
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Some times superior commanders will demand jurisdiction for some offenses. Hope you are enjoying your PL time!
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