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A point on the use of civilians to train recruits: there is a program called TCEP (Training Capacity Enhancement Program) that addresses the use of ex-military personnel to train recruits (to free up military personnel to train other soldiers in areas where it still requires someone in uniform to instruct, such as tactics or general recruit training). It is in use here in Gagetown to train soldiers on (for now) driving B vehicles (LSVW, MLVW) and some armour vehicles (Bison, but not cross country, AFAIK). The personnel are ALL ex-military, with the requisite qualifications (from when they were serving, or being trained once employed by (the current contract holder), Valcom.
I have to tread lightly here, but I would like to point out that in the LONG run this will be beneficial, but there is some short term pain for this long term gain: a number (how many is not clear at the moment) of people are "jumping ship" to work for Valcom, and guess where they are coming from? The Schools (for the most part) here in CTC. So "we" are losing instructors (in green) to this civilian company. This is effecting us, particularly at Sr NCO level, as we are already short on instructors, and because the Career Manager's crystal ball didn't predict these people leaving the military (most have 20+ years in), these weren't forecast, so we won't receive replacements for a considerable length of time (if ever).
Anyway, you have to take the term "civilian" with a grain of salt when it is mentioned that "civilians" will be used to train recruits (or soldiers in general): I'm certain that (where applicable, as the lion's share of these positions require skills that nobody who has never donned a uniform could ever have) the civvy with the earring, mullet and cheesy mustache that you call Mr. Bloggins, was likely Cpl/MCpl/Sgt/WO Bloggins not too long ago.
Al
I have to tread lightly here, but I would like to point out that in the LONG run this will be beneficial, but there is some short term pain for this long term gain: a number (how many is not clear at the moment) of people are "jumping ship" to work for Valcom, and guess where they are coming from? The Schools (for the most part) here in CTC. So "we" are losing instructors (in green) to this civilian company. This is effecting us, particularly at Sr NCO level, as we are already short on instructors, and because the Career Manager's crystal ball didn't predict these people leaving the military (most have 20+ years in), these weren't forecast, so we won't receive replacements for a considerable length of time (if ever).
Anyway, you have to take the term "civilian" with a grain of salt when it is mentioned that "civilians" will be used to train recruits (or soldiers in general): I'm certain that (where applicable, as the lion's share of these positions require skills that nobody who has never donned a uniform could ever have) the civvy with the earring, mullet and cheesy mustache that you call Mr. Bloggins, was likely Cpl/MCpl/Sgt/WO Bloggins not too long ago.
Al