Fatigue
I began Master Gunner school today, a class which is in my honest professional opinion fraud waste and abuse. The class is to teach Staff Sergeants and above how to maintain, employ and trouble shoot M4, M2, M9, M16, M203, M249, and MK19 weapons systems. The problem is we are learning simple operator level material, things which are common soldiers tasks and skills, and which are learned and trained since basic training.
The class would make more sense, and more fully justify the time and expense if we were actually learning advanced tasks of any kind. All soldiers are familiar with preventive maintenance checks, maintaining and lubricating, employing, and preparing range cards for these various weapons.
To top it off, I did not sleep at all last night, not even briefly. This has been a long and tiring day. I almost blew off writing a post today. Why is it impossible to get senior leaders to listen to anything that other experienced leaders, albeit of lesser rank say?
Many of the Staff Sergeants here have excellent training ideas and plans to implement, but the leadership refuses to allow or accept these things. They seem to only get irritated and even less receptive when you can show and prove in black and white, and in conjunction with the latest technological and doctrinal advancements training areas to concentrate on with the soldiers.
These people seem to worry increasingly about their careers and checking the blocks than to execute excellent, realistic and valuable training that the soldiers can use.
I'm going to bed.
The class would make more sense, and more fully justify the time and expense if we were actually learning advanced tasks of any kind. All soldiers are familiar with preventive maintenance checks, maintaining and lubricating, employing, and preparing range cards for these various weapons.
To top it off, I did not sleep at all last night, not even briefly. This has been a long and tiring day. I almost blew off writing a post today. Why is it impossible to get senior leaders to listen to anything that other experienced leaders, albeit of lesser rank say?
Many of the Staff Sergeants here have excellent training ideas and plans to implement, but the leadership refuses to allow or accept these things. They seem to only get irritated and even less receptive when you can show and prove in black and white, and in conjunction with the latest technological and doctrinal advancements training areas to concentrate on with the soldiers.
These people seem to worry increasingly about their careers and checking the blocks than to execute excellent, realistic and valuable training that the soldiers can use.
I'm going to bed.
posted by Josh at 3:38 AM
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