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The problem we face is after 3, 4 or 5 rotations and having served with only solid professionals we (or if this is too broad and encompassing, I) face is to go back to basics with absolutely everyone.
Just to know what the “rest of the story” was, I took them (and any other inhabitant of the firebase) on a 10 “train up” cycle covering everything from zeroing weapons to decompressing a chest, to operating all of the radios. It clearly “reset” the tone we had with everyone there. In the end 10 days can not make up for a lack of qualified and serious professionals, but it gave us a level of comfort to take selected personnel out (under supervision of a team guy).
The sad part about this is they started to think I had it out for them, in all actuality it was the opposite. In an unconventional warfare environment CA / PSOYPs are invaluable tools in my “kit bag”. That is why I do support qualified “Special Operations Capable” CAPOC forces but, for the vast majority of CAPOC forces, they can (IMHO) best serve “mother army” where there is adequate supervision.
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