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Originally Posted by Basenshukai
I am currently assigned to the pipeline and, let me tell you, I don't even want to think too much of how we feel about many of these changes. You know who really knows what works in the pipeline? The actual cadre. You know who comes down to us and asks for our input? No one. At least, I have never heard of it. What they need is an "instructor conferrence" in SWC and use that information to make changes. Then, they should go back to the those instructors and discuss the changes to be implemented. It's all about trusting that the cadre know what they are doing and know what they are talking about.
If the instructors had their way, assessment would probably be a lot more like what it was around 2000 - 2001, but with better standards of measurement (that would have been some real improvement). SUT would be more like Ranger School in as far as the "gates" are concerned (fail "land nav", you are 'out of here', for example). And, for crying out loud, there should not be a single Soldier in SUT that can't climb a freaking rope! I've seen that far too often already. What the heck are we coming to! We are in the middle of a damn WAR! We need warriors! OK, I feel better now.
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Excellent points. I can tell you for a fact that the instructors would definitely like things to go back to the way they were a few years ago. There is a certain General who I will not name who recently retired that has done more damage to the Special Forces Pipeline and degraded the capability of our Special Forces soldiers than anyone in the history of SF. All this damage was in response to being told to increase the numbers of graduates. The solution was to modify the pipeline. Unfortunately instead of adding instructors/resources they cut requirements/resources (they called it training smarter). They are producing the numbers but not a the same quality for sure.
On a brighter note the commander that took over I have a lot of faith in so hopefully he can help in this matter.