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I will freely admit to not fully understanding some issues that do not pertain specifically to my area of involvement, plus these conferences split into working groups of which I can only participate in one - but I do listen and try to soak up as much as I can.recceguy said:Okay, I'll play devil's advocate here.
The guys going west will use the resources provided by WATC (vehs, radios, etc)
Area courses will still be in full swing, using the resources (vehs, radios, etc) provided by individual units. In many cases, the Units total resource of that commodity.
What are the soldiers, not on course, left back in Area going to use for equipment to conduct their very, very good CAC.
Perhaps it's time to take a page from Western Area. We here in LFCA are severely short in both the Jr & Snr NCO establishment. How about sending the 1200 chosen to WATC, and for the rest, local run rank qualification courses. Maybe, perhaps, it's time to spend some money, resources and time filling our gaps, rather than spending 10 days in Pet. This looks like maybe a pretty opportune time.
I did not take notes on the radio shortage issue, for example. This has plagued prior SG/VG iterations, and it is still going to be a problem despite CMTC's holdings. The inability to use some, many, or all of the ones used for ARC courses is a factor, if I remember correctly.
Leadership at the PTA level is recognized to be a problem, as a significant number of those in demand are involved in ARC training. Yes, I suppose that leadership courses could be run instead of an ex, but the ex gives leaders the opportunity to lead and, from my ex-militia days, a very rare one in a meaningful tactical setting. There are not the resources, both personnel or equipment, to do both.
The "very, very good" concentration is going to be the one in Wainwright. What happens back here, if anything, is still one of the huge questions. Only basic brainstorming-like discussions were conducted in that regard, as there simply wasn't time or sufficient information to do anything more meaningful at the time. A good deal of the IPC was devoted to pretty much to determining what the recce/fact-finding party needed to do this week. As such, I'm not willing to discuss those matters.
I do not expect to hear any more until the new year, as the recce/fact-finding party will need to report back and their findings digested first.
In the meantime, the same questions being asked here, and way, way more, were asked at the IPC.