OK, now that we've beaten the NTC as "boot camp" thing to death, there's
another aspect that was not mentioned. That is the overall utilitity of NTC
as it exists today even with the "mean" Sr, Guide removed. If the camp was
not run like a poor imitation of a Marine boot camp, it is still not worth
much. Let me explain.
The "classes" conveyed very little useful ranger camping skills. I did not
learn anything new at NTC. If the whole purpose of the camp is to see the
program "through the eyes of the boys." then it is a colossal waste of time
and money because that was not proactively taught - it was implied, but not
stated (except for a brief 10 minute lecture at the end).
The things we did at NTC were done at LTC, which by the way is not a
requirement for NTC. I think the patrol thing should be taught at LTC, and
then they can teach new Ranger skills - both outpost management stuff and
camping skills. Then make LTC a requirement for NTC. Doing so would create
a training progression - LTC, NTC, ANTC, ETC.
KLP
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