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PPCLI Guy said:Your experiences is rather typical - you have had your eyes opened on your current course, and are looking around, blinking in the light, and asking where is our doctrine? It is, in fact there - you have just not yet had cause to look for it. The same light would have gone on if you were attending AOC.
The actual definition of doctrine is "the body of that which is taught". This implies that we have it, we just don't write it, 'cus no one would read it...
I've looked at our doctrine and I haven't found it. If you can point me in the direction of a publication thàt references some of the shortcomings that I've mentioned then please help me out.
I undestand this is the point of courses like AOC and EWS but I knew this to be an issue before attending EWS as I try to familiarize myself with our doctrine and my interest in the USMC led me to read US doctrine, EWS has confirmed my suspicions and made thd issue seem more dire.
I'll disagree with your last point. If we don't write it down then it is likely to be irrelevant. This is a relatively large institution with shifting priorities from year to year. We have an entire generation of officers and NCOs with little experience in combined arms maneuver. They require written doctrine that can be accessed and referenced not some "institutional knowledge" that relies on the execution of drills and oral histories!
People would read doctrine if: 1. It was Helpful 2. It was Expected that you know the basics contained therein.