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Originally Posted by glebo
Well, as least he stated an opinion. Sometimes the truth hurts??? But, being an O-3, with who knows what experience, at least he said what's on his mind...
Often of which I see not with some of todays LDRS, O's and NCO's....seems they want "status quo".... At least here in SWC anyway...
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Everyone seems to be talking about an "inexperienced" O3. Seems to me that he is commenting only on his area of knowledge and not going beyond that. He is an O/C at a training center and he is commenting both on Armor and Infantry tactics that he has observed at the company level and below. To me he is well within his lane.
The last time I was in the big conventional Army (1st CAV) was in 1994. We no shit went to the field doing ARTEPS and STX lanes at the SQD and PLT level a lot and then went to the field some more with BN and BDE. Maintenance and equipment status was treated with the seriousness that SHARP and GAT training is now. NTC was a fight vs a peer enemy and a high-threat event for the whole chain of command. Yes it was a "training" event and mistakes were expected, but it was well known and expected that blatant dumbassery or unpreparedness would cause heads to roll within the chain of command. I'm not sure if it is like that now.
However, as also pointed out, company level tactics are the easiest to fix. A couple of training iterations and those junior people will adapt and get their shit figured out. What I don't know is if our schoolhouses are doing them any favors and really teaching them to fight a peer and not simply how to play whack-a-mole and drink chai with the locals. The percentage of Junior officers and NCOs that are combat vets are dwindling, and even those with experience in AFG and IQ, their experience is less and less a benefit (and may be more of a hindrance) as they move up to higher levels.
The real issue is at BN and BDE level... where most of the "on the FOB" experience needs to be un-learned and much of the military industrial complex pushed, space and enemy unconstrained ,equipment and operating procedures... need to be shit canned. How many BDEs or BNs in the Army today could run an analog TOC or jump it and run out of a collection of vehicles (S3, FSO etc.) back up together. BN is the hardest... THey must be able to provide C2 and support to a company commander under a poncho (or in his vehicle) while interfacing with BDE and Higher and all their micromanagement systems.... and do so while in enemy artillery range. Yeah if I had multiple stars on my shoulders I would not be sleeping well.