Time to create 1 infantryman is about 6 months. Figure you can run about a battalion of guys through the course at a time. 1 Battalion of light infantry is about 5-700 dudes depending on the set up of the unit. Now figure our trying to stand up a single division, thats about 15,000 people, and only about 9,000 of them are infantry, you also have all of the longer school MOSs, MPs, administration, medical, intelligence and so forth.
Thats not to mention the NCOs and Officers to lead them. Took us about 15 years to retrain from our conscript (draft) Army to our all volunteer Army. Maureen wrote: > Speaking of time, can you explain to me how we can take a wet behind > the ears teenager, send him to boot camp for 6 weeks, then off for a > couple of months of AIT, and he's bone fide US soldier, but somehow > it takes 3+ years to train an Iraq soldier? > > I'm not being sarcastic, I'm truly baffled by the seeming difference > on in training times. > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We don't have thousands of SF teams. You can't mass produce special >> operations forces, it takes time. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
