Do we enable and hand-hold too much? I feel like many of our young adults are still children.

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:34:12 -0400

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Apr 6 at 2016 10:42 AM

SSG Ed Mikus — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:42:03 -0400

last year at DISA most new college grads brought their parents to their first job interview there.

Response by CPT Joseph K Murdock made Apr 6 at 2016 10:43 AM

CPT Joseph K Murdock — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:43:17 -0400

Sometimes folks want to be boss of the machine before understanding the machine.

Response by Capt Tom Brown made Apr 6 at 2016 10:52 AM

Capt Tom Brown — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:52:32 -0400

Sounds like yr question might fit in with that asked by earlier by @SFC Danielle Corey along the same lines.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Apr 6 at 2016 10:58 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:58:48 -0400

When many of us became service members, there was a definite lack of availability as to policies and mandatory activities, yet we made it by looking into these requirements and recommendations on our own and asking our senior leadership (I hate the word superior) for guidance when information was not present. Today, with the availability of computers and the Internet, it's just laziness for anyone to expect hand holding. It is apparent on RP all the tie. Start your questions for help with, " I researched this with the information available, such as.....", and couldn't find the info. I'm amazed we still have great combat ready troops, with the babying you note. This is a very extreme type of employment/service that one could find on the planet, welcome to the club. If you want to be treated like a child, go to college instead. No, I am excluding our military academies.

Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Apr 6 at 2016 11:44 AM

Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:44:36 -0400

Get them off the breast milk and make them grow up. They are grown ups and not kids. There was once smart mentor of mine that let me stumble and fall a few times hard before picking me up and talking about what lesson was learned. Never let me get hurt but let me falter a lot. I learned a lot from that man. There is a saying that to be old and wise one must have to be young and stupid. We grow up by making mistakes. Dust it off and move on...let the bike fall over and them get a skinned up knee. Rub a little dirt in it and put them back on the bike by themselves until they learn how to ride...don't crucify them for taking risks unless it was illegal or immoral.

Response by CPT Joseph K Murdock made Apr 6 at 2016 12:07 PM

CPT Joseph K Murdock — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:07:03 -0400

I know I was pushed hard to succeed which was internalized.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Apr 6 at 2016 12:13 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:13:33 -0400

They ARE still children. The human brain doesn't even finish developing until approximately 25. The bulk of the military is under this age. We are literally populated with children who are adults on paper only...

Response by Sgt Lincoln Harris made Apr 7 at 2016 2:23 PM

Sgt Lincoln Harris — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:23:50 -0400

I find that many of the young adults of today believe that they are simply entitled to everything, right away and with little to no work. Not only that, the increase in helicopter parents sets up many of them to encounter the real world having never had to actually solve a problem for themselves. Additionally, as our country continues to eat itself to obesity, there are fewer and fewer able bodies available to actually serve in the military should the need arise. I believe the proper assessment is FUBAR.