tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post1946384684275449012..comments2024-03-03T05:11:57.603-05:00Comments on Wings Over Iraq: What's old is new and something like thatStarbuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-75303149181130723872009-01-15T01:11:00.000-05:002009-01-15T01:11:00.000-05:00This might actually be a better description of how...This might actually be a better description of how a good training exercise might take place http://smallwarsjournal.com/mag/docs-temp/162-fotenberry.pdfStarbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-41673505501201611002009-01-15T01:08:00.000-05:002009-01-15T01:08:00.000-05:00It's safe to say ROTC Advanced Camp has changed li...It's safe to say ROTC Advanced Camp has changed little, if any, since I was there.Starbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-30550186117447283222009-01-14T20:37:00.000-05:002009-01-14T20:37:00.000-05:00I brought a very similar point up to Col. Gentile ...I brought a very similar point up to Col. Gentile in a brief email exchange we had. The ROTC program (from what I have experienced thus far, including the knowledge gleaned from close friends who are graduates of the program) is absolutely dated. During an FTX with UC Davis and UC Berkeley cadets around 6 or so months back, I think only a handful of cadets (out of hundreds) even knew what “COIN” was. There was no mention of COIN during ROTC, and the training was not at all, in any way shape or form (aside from a traffic control point) adjusted to train cadets for Afghanistan or Iraq. Although I'm sure the training is meant largely to gauge leadership, the ability to follow orders and demonstrate adaptability, to show one is able to learn army techniques, etc. blah blah blah, why would four years of available time to train cadets for two wars we are engaged in not be taken fully advantage of? I can’t understand why so much time would be taken for establishing patrol bases, when there is so goddamned much to learn about how to fight and win in Afghanistan and Iraq. <BR/><BR/>/end nonsensical rantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com