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82ndsig · 05-01-2006, 21:23

I experienced the same thing in spring 2004, it seemed to help (this may be specific to my experience) to find out who was the veteran soldier amongst them. We were becoming frustrated as you are till I realized that some of these guys had as much or more experience as we had (although the same tactics were'nt used). I realized that controlling them and correcting them was working against us, because we were interupting the fluidity of their unit cohesiveness. I then let their platoon Sgt. take over training (and reponsibility) after explaining the specific criteria for the evolution for the day and viola they started to perform 5X better. I know being treated as a team member helped along with respect and getting them the proper equipment and personal care items did wonders to break down the barriers between us. After classroom teaching we let the IA (Jundies?) listen to our music on our laptops while we had a meeting with the leadership to discuss the next day's training.
I hope this helps.

05-01-2006, 21:23	#8
82ndsig Asset Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	Spring 2004 I experienced the same thing in spring 2004, it seemed to help (this may be specific to my experience) to find out who was the veteran soldier amongst them. We were becoming frustrated as you are till I realized that some of these guys had as much or more experience as we had (although the same tactics were'nt used). I realized that controlling them and correcting them was working against us, because we were interupting the fluidity of their unit cohesiveness. I then let their platoon Sgt. take over training (and reponsibility) after explaining the specific criteria for the evolution for the day and viola they started to perform 5X better. I know being treated as a team member helped along with respect and getting them the proper equipment and personal care items did wonders to break down the barriers between us. After classroom teaching we let the IA (Jundies?) listen to our music on our laptops while we had a meeting with the leadership to discuss the next day's training. I hope this helps.
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