Most of the points have been made. While it will not rape the teams, you need to have time in SWC to spread your expertise AND experiences to the newbs.
I too went kicking and screaming to my SWC Assigment as a new E8. Had orders to El Sal cancelled to go to SWC and hated it.
However, you must have expreience to train new troops or you ahve the computer problem of GIGO, Garbage in Garbage out.
While the idea of FOGs working the school is excellent, there is a problem wiht point o view being lost as no new perspectives are coming into the school house. That would be a crippling loss.
While I work at the school house, I know for a fact that i have an old view point that may miss some of the new info out there. That is why we have each Group represented on our commitee so as to manitain a deverse view for updating training. It also prevents the desert/jungle/urban/mountain ideas form becoming a dominate force in training. While my course is advanced skills, the pipeline is just as important.
The pipeline must be maintained by active duty guys that are experienced with what is happening right now, not some old crusty guy talking about SEA. Just as I did not want to hear about the Big one WWII when I was going through training group. I wanted to know about SEA.
If we do not keep the expereince coming into the pipeline then we will have a generation of newbs coming on to the teams that have been essentially short changed.
Sorry Basenshukai, but you need to do your time in purgatory!
I will tell you that all the guys on SOTIC want to get in to the fight as fast as possible, but they also know that they have a job to do.
As a past thought, there was a time when they assigned promising grads right form Tng Grp into Tng Grp. It was a disaster and some never saw team time. Not a good plan, it is called inbred training, one mistake becomes doctrine and it is hard to get out of the system.
End my thoughts, kill the messenger!
Oh yes, there have been NGs assigned to our Company as trainers for two year stints.