{"id":72733,"date":"2017-06-13T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72733"},"modified":"2017-06-13T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T14:56:41","slug":"soldiers-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72733","title":{"rendered":"Soldier’s Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another bright idea from the Army’s leadership – a certificate for completing basic combat training. It’s not quite as bad as the ribbon that the Air Force hands out to basic trainees, but it’s right up there. Probably worse than the meainingless gesture, is how the Army arrived at the certificate, according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The idea for the certificate came from a summit early last year, when then-Army Under Secretary Patrick Murphy charged senior leaders with finding a way to amp up the Soldier for Life program. The program, which falls under the Army G-1, has focused a lot on transitioning out of the Army and less on the early stages of Army life.<\/p>\n

“How can we highlight these activities \u2014 really get after the mindset that you earned this, and you will continue to be a soldier through your military career and once you\u2019ve left the service?” Coleman said.<\/p>\n

A handful of TRADOC working groups later, the certificate was born. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ya know, it’s bad enough that most of the civilian population is ignoring the fact that we’re at war, but when TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) is wasting their time on working out these brainfarts, we have a real problem. There’s nothing really wrong with the certificates, what’s wrong is wasting time and money that should be applied to fighting our numerous enemies. I hope Secretary Mattis straightens out a few of these good idea fairies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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