Banger said:
I REALLY HOPE THIS DOESN'T GET INTERPRETED THE WRONG WAY BUT -
An issue I would face as well would be the fact that the old guys may not like this new young idea. They like things they know and something new like this can be unnerving. Sadly all people who make these decisions are well, let's say older than I so it would be quite challenging to get the idea across to those type of people. Who knows maybe one of them was a sledder back in the 70's.
Ideas are great...keep them coming.
This one has happened to a point in the past and fell on it's face,
it's not a new young idea as you would think.
Sig_Des said:
Also, if you're going the "off road recce" route, you might want to make sure to get training imput from some of the mounted Recce types.
Won't work....too busy getting ready for tours to waste time on this endeavor. How's that coming from a mounted Reg Force Recce type.
You are not qualified as per DND standards to get the prerequisites and as alluded to earlier:
Lesson plans, EOs, POs, Course reports AND the Area Battle School's standards cell.
These must be covered as well. Then there is the point of staffing it all and presenting it to higher.
Have you thought of the following?
- cost when the machine gets destroyed and DND leaves you footing the bill?
- safety vehicles, medics, training areas....private companies are not covered for this activity and you must get somewhere to train.
- housing. Where are the lectures going to be taught?
- Clearances through higher. You can't just start your own course and expect troops to train under someone who isn't qualified to teach to DND standards.
- Training cadre...civilians can do it, but there still must be staff in place to ensure standards are up to par.
The are currently courses available in the CF for ATV, dirtbike (Dispatch Rider Course) and other vehicles you want to instruct on. Just because you haven't attended one doesn't mean that they aren't out there.
Dispatch Rider Course does teach tactics and defensive measures as well as navagating and riding. It used to be 3 weeks long just for the one bike....and I believe that it still is.
As for Recce....on those vehicles, in our current operational environment, it'll get troops killed.... full stop.
Regards