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Originally Posted by Wiseman
At a recent ROTC training meeting, a Cadet suggested that the lower classmen be exposed to the recently published Counterinsurgency manual. One cadre member shut that idea down with the comment " it is not worth the time, better to learn about basic leadership ". I personally thought that the comment was ****ed up. Am I wrong or right?
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Wiseman,
Reading the COIN manual is a great idea - without the knowledge of the strategic imperatives of tactics at the company grade level in a COIN environment, you are bound to fail. Many of the best practices in a COIN environment are counterintuitive for an army that has been focused on the "big one" for all of its post-World War II history.
On the other hand, leadership is best learned by leading and following, not reading books or manual.
That being said, keep in mind that there are specific BOLC I tasks that you are required to complete and there are specific skills that you will need to learn/train so that your unit can be successful at LDAC.
Lastly, don't be surprised if this thread gets moved over to probably the Field Mess forum, which is probably a better spot for it.