The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it

[rangerrebew]

The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it

"Stand up for your people."

By Haley Britzky | Updated Oct 15, 2021 1:30 PM
 

The concept of “free time” is not exactly a priority in the military. There’s almost always something else to do or somewhere else to be.

But maybe, according to Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston, a bit of a break is exactly what some units need.

At the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference this week, Grinston told enlisted leaders that they needed to “stand up” for their soldiers, and sometimes that includes making time for them to rest and recover from training, or if not that, then they should at least take some time to get to know the people they lead. It’s a crucial piece of the Army’s “People First” initiative which hinges on putting the wellbeing of soldiers and their families first as a means to improve a unit’s readiness. It makes sense: Knowing your soldiers means knowing how they’re doing, what challenges they’re facing, and what’s important to them.

“ome organizations are now giving mandatory white space,” he said at the AUSA forum, referring to a period of time that’s left intentionally blank on a unit’s schedule. “And I encourage you all to do that. Say no, you are not allowed to put anything on the calendar so that soldiers could just talk to their people. I think we’ve got to do more of that.”

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[rangerrebew]

That time could be better used to study  Critical Race Theory and white rage.

[sneakypete]

It’s a crucial piece of the Army’s “People First” initiative which hinges on putting the wellbeing of soldiers and their families first as a means to improve a unit’s readiness.

@rangerrebew

PURE Horsehillary!

It is mission FIRST,ALWAYS!

That does NOT mean commanders should ever ignore the needs of the men under their command WHEN THE MEN UNDER THEIR COMMAND ARE NOT ON A MISSION.

Mission first,ALWAYS.

This does not mean the troops are mindless and soulless robots. It simply means their foremost focus must ALWAYS be "mission first".

There is time and need for this other stuff when there are no immiment missions on the horizon.

[Kamaji]

WADR, it is my understanding that frequent training is necessary precisely to make a lot of a soldier's responses "mindless" - not because we want to deprive soldiers of their essential humanity, but because a soldier whose semi-autonomous nervous system has been trained to generate the correct response in a high-stress fast-moving environment is the soldier who will prevail over his lesser-trained opponents.

Constant training is necessary, IMHO, and replacing it with "white space" is just a good way to destroy the combat readiness and effectiveness of soldiers.