Posted on Nov 10, 2013
Why are soldiers not being taught how to "live" in the ARMY?
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I work in the Installation Transportation Office (ITO) and we have hundreds of people filter through us each week. I come across at least one Soldier every day who had no idea they could ship household goods to Korea, never heard or TSP, can not read Orders/LES/ERB not sure how leave works, did not know they could have relocated their family or that they were entitled to 10 days PTDY. Most of these Soldiers are fresh out of AIT but there is even the occasional NCO that fits this description. This is day one stuff we should be sharing with every Soldier.
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The Army is so vast, with every unit, every duty station being so different, we really lack a single, unifying culture. It may explain the vast differences in experience and knowledge base depending on where you are..
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I think a lot of it is that a lot of leaders just don't "have the time" to teach like we should. Everyday there is new training, new taskings, new requirements that keep us away from doing the very things we are required to do, train our Soldiers. Im in a unique position in my job where I do not have Soldiers of my own, and I find myself helping troops with things such as this.
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This is not just an Army thing. This I would imagine happens in all branches and even in the civilian sector as well. To find out about this you need a senior that has two key aspects. First he needs to pay attention to all of his minions personal lives and what is happening in them. And second he needs to care enough to tell you what you should know.
I guess a third point would be that he needs to know or be experienced/mature enough to find the answer. Fresh service members are still just high school graduates in most respects and unless their parents raised them above average with the ability to think outside the box they will never even have the thought "it" may be possible.
And as SSG (ret) William Martin pointed out it goes beyond those unique/understandable situations... that is how they loose their kevlar, lock themselves out of their rooms, and go on hour long searches for humvee keys....
I guess a third point would be that he needs to know or be experienced/mature enough to find the answer. Fresh service members are still just high school graduates in most respects and unless their parents raised them above average with the ability to think outside the box they will never even have the thought "it" may be possible.
And as SSG (ret) William Martin pointed out it goes beyond those unique/understandable situations... that is how they loose their kevlar, lock themselves out of their rooms, and go on hour long searches for humvee keys....
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We are not close to being a perfect organization. Case enclosed: Mandatory Deployment Briefs will be missed, thus, there will be an alternative briefs or training for the make ups.
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