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I used professional trades interchangeably with knowledge workers. Where their primary contribution is cognitive ability and problem solving as opposed to physical labour. HR, finance, log, healthcare, maintainers, cyber, pilots, planners, etc.
The previous posters suggested that drill allows members to respond instinctively to commands. Every trade and rank requires varying amount of physical versus mental labour (or both). I’m arguing that drill does not provide comparable value to trades that do not value generic instinctive responses in their work. Yes, a hard army member has a challenging profession that requires extreme mental resiliency. But this doesn’t change the fact that the comptroller isn’t benefiting much from drill.
We can do as many change of command parades as we want but it’s not going to get the helicopter fixed any faster. It takes time for members to practice and maintain their drill (e.g. two days of parade practice before a ceremony). What are our priorities in a world of limited time and labour? Are we getting good value out of drill and parades?
The previous posters suggested that drill allows members to respond instinctively to commands. Every trade and rank requires varying amount of physical versus mental labour (or both). I’m arguing that drill does not provide comparable value to trades that do not value generic instinctive responses in their work. Yes, a hard army member has a challenging profession that requires extreme mental resiliency. But this doesn’t change the fact that the comptroller isn’t benefiting much from drill.
We can do as many change of command parades as we want but it’s not going to get the helicopter fixed any faster. It takes time for members to practice and maintain their drill (e.g. two days of parade practice before a ceremony). What are our priorities in a world of limited time and labour? Are we getting good value out of drill and parades?