01-25-2007, 11:09 AM
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Military Professional
Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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Originally Posted by shek
I'd like to point out that we are talking about cadets here
On the other hand, the Army is not setup well at all institutionally for COIN. There are no mandatory college courses that will hit this topic (although there are tons of various angles to get at it, although not necessarily in a holistic way). The required military science courses will focus on the BOLC I skills that are required for commissioning. Then, whatever instruction that is done at BOLC and the officer's basic course, and I don't know how many hours are dedicated to this, will not be of the highest caliber 95% of the time, and will most likely be in a classroom with an instructor:student ratio of 1:200.
The trick is how to integrate everything so that it has a logical flow and isn't too disjointed.
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Well my service days were so long ago I do not feel qualified to pass more than generalisations. In the services you never stop learning. I re-iterate my post, Soldiering and Leadership abilities come first. There is nothing to stop people from reading the manuals and discussing them with their peers and instructors. I don't like the ratio of 1:200 at all. Is this a typo?
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