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SigmaAaron · 07-02-2014, 16:10

Something that has crossed my mind a lot, curious on other QPs thoughts and info, if topic has been discussed before feel free to move to delete....

After time spent with other foreign forces it has come to my attention of the so called 'babying' of our forces. My father (due to agent orange) R.I.P. never said much about Vietnam but he did speak of the days when drill sergeants were allowed to 'put their hands on you'. I know because of the ever expanding numbers of media and our countries infatuation with lawsuits, have helped diminish our quality of soldier in past decades.
I like to reference my 1st hand experience with British soldiers. Their infantry training towards the end they have a kind of crucible, dropped something like 30 KMs alone with no compass or map and have to find their way home. Stories like this give me a feeling of inferiority. I know I left OSUT wanting more thinking that was it?
All combat mos's have a certain level of arrogance to them yet the rest of the worlds military's can bring a humble sense. As SFs mission you know you have more experience with other countries training than your assets.
Is it foreseeable for our military ever going back to a more intensive training process? What are your thoughts on quality or quantity (have read some past posts on this subject here)? Do most of you feel you still need the CAV and INF or are we on the edge of obsolete?

07-02-2014, 16:10	#1
SigmaAaron Asset Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Arkansas Posts: 22	Quality of U.S. soldiers Something that has crossed my mind a lot, curious on other QPs thoughts and info, if topic has been discussed before feel free to move to delete.... After time spent with other foreign forces it has come to my attention of the so called 'babying' of our forces. My father (due to agent orange) R.I.P. never said much about Vietnam but he did speak of the days when drill sergeants were allowed to 'put their hands on you'. I know because of the ever expanding numbers of media and our countries infatuation with lawsuits, have helped diminish our quality of soldier in past decades. I like to reference my 1st hand experience with British soldiers. Their infantry training towards the end they have a kind of crucible, dropped something like 30 KMs alone with no compass or map and have to find their way home. Stories like this give me a feeling of inferiority. I know I left OSUT wanting more thinking that was it? All combat mos's have a certain level of arrogance to them yet the rest of the worlds military's can bring a humble sense. As SFs mission you know you have more experience with other countries training than your assets. Is it foreseeable for our military ever going back to a more intensive training process? What are your thoughts on quality or quantity (have read some past posts on this subject here)? Do most of you feel you still need the CAV and INF or are we on the edge of obsolete? __________________ Everything is time History won't remember your name without survivors. Last edited by SigmaAaron; 07-02-2014 at 19:16.
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