Jarnhamar
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- the Reserves need more courses, and more operationally-focused courses and conversions. Unfortunately, the divide seems to keep growing - in the Infantry, we get the Milcot instead of the G-Wagen, we don't see programs like Gunfighter or updated Urbans Ops tactics, we never see armoured vehicles and get almost no experience with Helo Ops or similar specialties. To be operationally relevant, the Reserves need better training - but that will likely mean taking resources from the Regs.
The Reg F barely has the capacity to train itself, let alone deal with any surge produced by successful and agressive recruiting or a requiremnt to train Reservists.
This is exactly what needs to change, in a big way.
With injuries and the HLTA mess we can't send guys overseas with their infantry course and be content with that.
The Reg F barely has the capacity to train itself which is why reserves wouldn't even dream about getting LAV courses SO we need to qualify more guys on courses.
LAV gunner driver and crew commander might be a little tricky to streamline (how long are those courses?) but others you could probably speed up. In pet the RG31 drivers and gunners courses was 2 weeks IIRC. Overseas we got a few guys the 'qualification' and it took a day and a half. The gunner instructors even said it in pet, their not sure why the course takes two weeks you can teach the stuff in a day.
Comms is another big one -soldiers couldn't even change the channel on their CI, everyone needs to take a comms course and I don't mean the silly 3 class's on workup training where you just watch a signaller private fly through punching in buttons ont he CI then check off your sheet.
Same with drivers. Drivers are a big thing. G wagon, RG31, Bison & HL. Need more guys qualified on those if anything for an emergency trip, say from KAF to one of the FOBs