Mud Recce Man said:
That's what I don't get. No one has trouble paying Reservists to go the range and TRAIN with weapons. If a CO of a unit is going to pay his troops to TRAIN physically...whats the difference? Training is training. Should we tell the Class A types to go to the local paintball place and "train" there, not pay them and then not see the results we want?
Ranges...whats that?
I don't thinkthat's a very good analogy actually.It's actually the same problem,only with diffdifferentects of army life.Lack of training equals lack of results from the troops.However,from my point of view I could care less if Cpl mcblobby does his job anymore.It's nice to see the initiatives in place for class A guys,but I have learned over the past year that no canforgen/orders/guns to heads will fix our obese problem.
We were all quite excited on the aspect of the new canforgen last Christmas I remember people logging on here and being totally for it or against it.Wondering how it applied to them,their trade
and component.As I can see nothing has changed from higher.A few senior NCO's that I know took it and ran with it at section/troop level having mixed results from their subordinates.Those who wanted to improve,emulate their superiors did so.Those who did not want to improve took different direction,which could not be enforced upon due to other DND policy' such as harassment.Some people actually got charged for trying to motivate people on runs.IE "come on catch up."
If the west novies are doing this great.Do I believe it will help fitness of class A reservist?Not really.But if a few of these people benefit,all the power to them.It seems a lot of the time (myself included)we worry too much where the moneys coming from, who gets a piece of the pie,and how do I get some.
I suggest all senior per's (mcpl-up)look at themselves.You are what your troops will either strive to become or strive to never become.Be inspirational.Because when you really look at it it isnt the troop leader,OC,CO that has direct enforcement of physical conditioning it's us.CO's may put policy's in place(or in this case make new fitnesst initiatives) if the NCM's don't embrace it,it will fail.I know as a young trooper if someone was bitching about this new fitness problem,I would proably be online with them.Why?Youth are easily lead when it comes to senior people.Senior people could be the fat cpl in the smoking area.The canforgen would get rid of these people if followed corrcorrectly alas nothing.Hence NEVER establishing a society of fitness within our army I am so proud to be a part of.
Taking in unfit people and expecting them to get fit,not releasing those who are not up to standard.Deploying fat per's who cannot meet standards,if far from a society of fitness.
cheers all