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You guys are asking questions that take me back to my days as a Sgt and WO. It's disturbing (but, I suppose, not too surprising...) to see that this rubbishy wasting of Res soldiers time still goes on: it is a curse and IMHO one of the biggest causes of attrition. We have it in our Res Bde too: the Comd and I made a surprise visit to several of our units one night. What we found going on ranged from very good training with a back-up plan in place, to so/so training, to a bloody disgrace with very junior leaders being left to fend for themselves. Fortunately, neither the CO nor the RSM of the latter unit are in those appointments any longer.
What to do as an NCO/WO? (The following advice is aimed at Army Reserve-for Comm Res it may be different)
First, collar your officer and try to sort it out.This is a skill you MUST master as a WO/NCO. There may be problems you don't know about, or he/she may honesty be unaware. If you can't get together at the Armoury, arrange to meet at somebody's house, a Timmy's, a bar, something.... But first, give the officer a chance.
Next, if that doesn't work, go to your CSM/SSM/BSM. If that doesn't work (or if that person doesn't exist...) ask for an audience with the RSM. Finally (at least in our Bde anyway, I don't know about others...) get hold of your Bde RSM.
In the meantime, if you are left without training guidance at all, go and see the unit training officer. Ask them what BTS were assigned to your coy/bty/sqn. Get them to give you a copy of the Unit Operating Plan and take a look for yourself. Then, apply your knowledge and common sense as WOs/NCOs to set up proper training to achieve these assigned BTS.
In our Bde (again I'm not sure about others) all of our units are assigned specific BTS and other goals to achieve in the training year-the units must in turn come up with an Operating Plan that explains to the Bde Comd (and to their own people) exactly how this will be done. We post the Bde Operating Plan and the approved Unit Operating Plans on our website/shared drive. You should have a simillar arrangement in your Bde-check it out.
I am not so foolish and naive to think that this advice will solve every problem. But, unless you pursue all these steps to the best of your ability, you haven't done all you can do as WOs/NCOs to try to fix it. Remember-the young soldiers are depending on you: don't give up! Cheers.
What to do as an NCO/WO? (The following advice is aimed at Army Reserve-for Comm Res it may be different)
First, collar your officer and try to sort it out.This is a skill you MUST master as a WO/NCO. There may be problems you don't know about, or he/she may honesty be unaware. If you can't get together at the Armoury, arrange to meet at somebody's house, a Timmy's, a bar, something.... But first, give the officer a chance.
Next, if that doesn't work, go to your CSM/SSM/BSM. If that doesn't work (or if that person doesn't exist...) ask for an audience with the RSM. Finally (at least in our Bde anyway, I don't know about others...) get hold of your Bde RSM.
In the meantime, if you are left without training guidance at all, go and see the unit training officer. Ask them what BTS were assigned to your coy/bty/sqn. Get them to give you a copy of the Unit Operating Plan and take a look for yourself. Then, apply your knowledge and common sense as WOs/NCOs to set up proper training to achieve these assigned BTS.
In our Bde (again I'm not sure about others) all of our units are assigned specific BTS and other goals to achieve in the training year-the units must in turn come up with an Operating Plan that explains to the Bde Comd (and to their own people) exactly how this will be done. We post the Bde Operating Plan and the approved Unit Operating Plans on our website/shared drive. You should have a simillar arrangement in your Bde-check it out.
I am not so foolish and naive to think that this advice will solve every problem. But, unless you pursue all these steps to the best of your ability, you haven't done all you can do as WOs/NCOs to try to fix it. Remember-the young soldiers are depending on you: don't give up! Cheers.