What are 14Hs lacking when they arrive to your units?

2015-09-25T04:06:12-04:00

I know that there are frustrations with the Soldiers you are recieving from the schoolhouse. If you could have Soldiers show up a bit more knowledgeable in a certain area what would it be? (watch the level of deatil on the answers for OPSEC purposes.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 25 at 2015 5:02 AM

2015-09-25T05:02:45-04:00

For me it seems like they understand the operation of the tpw and amdws where it counts but lacking in generator and DRASH knowledge.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 9:08 AM

2015-10-01T09:08:50-04:00

As with most of us that come out of AIT, we learn a lot more on the job then the entire time in school. I think a bigger issue stems from not fully integrating the hotel training in with the echo's. There is far more focus on the van then the early warning, from my experience anyways. From people I've talked to, it definitely seems to be a chronic issue.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 4 at 2015 11:34 AM

2015-10-04T11:34:05-04:00

It's not even just coming from the schoolhouse. It is not the school house's job to teach in-depth tactical expertise, you get the basics. It's NCOs at the unit who need to use deployment and other tactical training (SPEAR, OREs, MREs, etc.) to produce quality 14Hs and leaders. Too often, these 14H pvts are shoved in the training room or put as armors or on RSOP (which they need to be on at some point in their career), or somewhere that they are not actively working in their MOS-specific equipment. The schoolhouse, most likely, isn't going to prepare you for your first duty station, the NCOs & leaders at your unit will be responsible for that.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 12:59 PM

2015-10-08T12:59:57-04:00

Knowledge of reports. Most of the work I've done since I've been in theater is reports.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 4:43 PM

2015-10-08T16:43:33-04:00

How about teaching the 14H's that their job consists of more than just Patriot Air Defense, this is why we should have never been split up. 14H's have no choice but to go to Patriot Units, they get treated like crap, work in a training room or a BCP/ Both. These troops were trained in a 20 week course that in prospective, trained them to go to units in much higher echelons than just patriot.
I'm sick of hearing 14H soldiers say they hate their jobs, its because they're just limited to Patriot, and that is just a quarter of the capacity we hold within our training in this MOS. Stop showboating patriot, and open these soldiers minds up to the bigger picture.

Response by SPC Maxwell Catlett made Feb 26 at 2016 12:36 AM

2016-02-26T00:36:52-05:00

Flight characteristics and length. Something I had to repeatedly go over with my TCS.

Response by PFC Gabriel Gallegos made Dec 3 at 2016 9:39 AM

2016-12-03T09:39:29-05:00

I'll tell you what I was lacking....I went in as a 14J and we were trained heavily on SHORAD stuff....that stuff was drilled into our minds.....integration of the systems was second and actual Patriot ops was maybe 4 days total of the 22 weeks of training. From day one we were told Sentinel, Sentinel, SENTINEL and bam got put in a patriot unit lol. Anyways I think the Hs that came into our unit were very welled trained on our actual war time mission.....reports and radio etiquette were bad.