Most Army Squads Falling Short on Infantry Skills, Reports Find

Thank you, my friend LTC Greg Henning for posting the assessment based on analysis of the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, known as the AWG on combat BCTs.
As an infantryman I am a little surprised and concerned at the findings. I am not surprised that junior NCOs are not proficient in navigating by tactical maps and lensatic compass since their has been a reliance on GPS for far too long IMHO.

I expect that over the next year and 1/2 the soldiers of Combat Arms BCTs will become more proficient in the majority of teh tasks and that NCOs will become more proficient in land navigation above and below ground.

1. "Since March 2018, the AWG -- a special, operational advisory unit involved in training brigade combat teams in subterranean (Sub-T) warfare operations -- has submitted reports to Army leaders on several occasions identifying trends that show small-unit leaders lack proficiency in key skills required for any type of combat..."

2. I am not at all surprised that "the Army's Noncommissioned Officer Academy is seeing sergeants routinely show up for courses unable to pass a basic land navigation course using a map and compass."
3. It is interesting that "sergeants in the majority of the Army's active brigade combat teams (BCTs) don't know the importance of gaining a foothold when leading squads on room-clearing operations." That is surprising to me in above ground operations since building and room clearing and been associated with conventional force operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
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But I bet they are killing it, at Power Point!

I always found this part of basic soldiering. Your a soldier first, then your MOS. LTC Greg Henning