Re:Why is American administrative capacity in decline?
by s1artibartfast on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:45PM
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>there was a woman on a guaranteed nursing scholarship who was probably about 4'10", 80 pounds, and she tore both ACLs from all the marching with 90 pounds of gear.
Whose idiocy was at fault here? I don't honestly think the military wanted people like this in the first place.
Re:Why is American administrative capacity in decline?
by mlyle on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:35PM
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Lol. Yah, wrecking skilled officer candidates -- especially nurses-- by giving them exercises that enlisted infantry struggle at when you have a massive nursing shortage in the military is awesome.
Meanwhile at the next door ROTC program it's all ridiculously soft and drill.
This all speaks to poor organizational controls.
Re:Why is American administrative capacity in decline?
by InefficientRed on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:51PM
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Ridiculously bad take. The military desperately wants good nurses. The military also wants people who will follow orders even when those orders may cause harm to one's self. The military doesn't have a particularly compelling need for all (or even the majority) of its nurses to carry large packs for long distances.
Re:Why is American administrative capacity in decline?
by s1artibartfast on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:10PM
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To be fair it was a question.
Does that need outweigh outweigh the difficulty of individually tailored ROTC programs for one person? I don't know
Re:Why is American administrative capacity in decline?
by olddustytrail on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:59PM
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It seems to be the instructors' fault. They are supposed to know what they're doing and should not be assigning excercises that someone is physically incapable of performing.
If they raised concerns and were overruled, then it's that person's fault also.
I don't expect that number to ever go to 0, but I'd hope it could be smaller.
> You really think the military should forgo combat training?
This is not what anyone said. I'm in strong favor of more realistic training.
Of course, even this may be unnecessary for many. E.g., read the uncle comment's anecdote about ROTC.
> there was a woman on a guaranteed nursing scholarship who was probably about 4'10", 80 pounds, and she tore both ACLs from all the marching with 90 pounds of gear.