At what point is there too much training?

<p>Sir,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do not believe there can be too much training. But that means the right training must be conducted and not waisting a soldier's time. Training must be tailored to the desired outcome of what the soldier's need to know. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>SFC Rice</p>

LT Klein, your team, section, or platoon has a culture, and with it will comes an appetite of a certain size for training, retraining, "AARing," rehearsing, etc. Any element can certainly become burned out if pushed too hard, or if not given the proper motivation to keep going (reinforcement and encouragement, not punishment). Your job as a leader is to push that element (team/section/PLT/Company) to higher levels of readiness. The trick is in getting them to want to do it. Changing a unit's culture is probably a leader's hardest task.

When soldier interest is lost while conducting a training event then you not only lose their individual attention but respect over time. The key ingredient to training is understanding subtasks, collective tasks, and how it supports the organizations METL. I have found that the quickest way to lose soldier interest is when they don't understand the big picture and when they don't have the resourses to make the training tough and realistic