Fleet Marine Life #38 – The Spiel
A lot of training we receive is kind of useless. I mean, it’s great and all but for the most part some of these skills just get pushed to the back of our “brain housing group.”
In Marine Combat Training, there’s all these weapons systems you learn about but won’t use any of them. And when the time comes when you have to use them, you don’t remember how to because it’s been like 2 years.
Also, in today’s day and age of “fighting terrorism”, Marines have fought terrorists mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan. So why do we need cold weather training and jungle warfare training? Some people say, “Just in case.” but the reality is that we’ve been fighting this war on desert environments for many years. It’s just a waste of money.
Anyways, it’s out of my pay grade.
Condensing 6 months worth of training in 3 sentences since 1775.
Very true about forgetting training. I just fapped to the armory a couple weeks ago. Went to MCT in December. When I got in the armory i tried to put the bolt in the M16 backwards and couldnt figure out what i was doing wrong. so obviously doing something 1million times in boot camp DOES NOT mean youll remember it for life. I also dont know my general orders, or how many steps for open and close ranks (nobody does. we all look like garbage when we form for pt lol)
There are many knowledge-related books, orders and publications out there. Take a few minutes to read some because knowledge is power. It becomes easier for you to work the system.