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There seems to be a huge push in the ARMY today pushing SSD on soldiers. At what point is it no longer "self" development but rather some larger scheme to waste everyone involved's time - specifically disinterested leaders forcing irrelevant training on disinterested joes because of some downward pressure from CoC?
I can only speak for maintenance related MOS stuff, but it's literally brain dead click through training. There is little to no development being done, and it's a huge time burden for no benefit. How do you as a leader stomach forcing subordinates to endure this? Why are SSD completion rates being looked at within commands, and why are Commanders being evaluated by them?
Are there MOS where there is actually useful content in SSD?
TL:DR if Joe doesn't want to do it, let him ETS.
I can only speak for maintenance related MOS stuff, but it's literally brain dead click through training. There is little to no development being done, and it's a huge time burden for no benefit. How do you as a leader stomach forcing subordinates to endure this? Why are SSD completion rates being looked at within commands, and why are Commanders being evaluated by them?
Are there MOS where there is actually useful content in SSD?
TL:DR if Joe doesn't want to do it, let him ETS.
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it seems as thou its a way for them to keep us pre-occupied between NCOES schools. I sure as hell didn't learn much from my SSDs. In fact I know that most of us just skip right thru it and get it done. Some even get paid for it.
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SSG Trevor S.
I learned TONS from SSD courses:
1. How frustrating it is to loose a connection while trying to click next next next next.
2. How much the Army considers CYA as a training goal instead of actually seeing if an SM is "getting" the subject.
3. There is a certain engineering aspect to setting up robotix devices to continually click the mouse on the "next" button, without moving the mouse because of off center pressure.
ect.....
1. How frustrating it is to loose a connection while trying to click next next next next.
2. How much the Army considers CYA as a training goal instead of actually seeing if an SM is "getting" the subject.
3. There is a certain engineering aspect to setting up robotix devices to continually click the mouse on the "next" button, without moving the mouse because of off center pressure.
ect.....
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SSD I was nothing but stuff that I learned in Basic Training in 1998. I don't know why they don't just keep it in the respective management course (because you can't teach leadership imo).
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I already completed my SSD1 Chief, and I don't really remember it beyond the clicking. Some of the stuff I remember because I learned it in training or I was interested in it but the rest of it, all gone.
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