I really enjoyed the ideas in this article and appreciate the time and effort taken to share the innovative approach. I would reiterate:
- Combat skills/training makes for better soldiers, regardless of corps (and could improve cross-skilling, contribution to exercises, long-term retention)
- I think formalising the approach to post-AIFT qualifications is essential, even if only over short-courses or weekend activities - rather than leaving to individual units to reconcile shortfalls or ambiguity over how soldiers can complete IETs/quals
- Quals and advanced activities (such as combat shooting) can definitely be delivered on a Tuesday night (perhaps as a 6-hour activity)
I would add that perhaps we should also be considering how skills/quals are revised over time to reduce atrophy, ie: will a member of transport corps have an opportunity to use HE/pyro after ACCS? It might also be worthwhile considering how the timeline for corps-specific IETs fit in after ACCS, particularly if the AIFT was reduced to 21 days to reduce the friction of taking 5-weeks off work at a single time.
- Combat skills/training makes for better soldiers, regardless of corps (and could improve cross-skilling, contribution to exercises, long-term retention)
- I think formalising the approach to post-AIFT qualifications is essential, even if only over short-courses or weekend activities - rather than leaving to individual units to reconcile shortfalls or ambiguity over how soldiers can complete IETs/quals
- Quals and advanced activities (such as combat shooting) can definitely be delivered on a Tuesday night (perhaps as a 6-hour activity)
I would add that perhaps we should also be considering how skills/quals are revised over time to reduce atrophy, ie: will a member of transport corps have an opportunity to use HE/pyro after ACCS? It might also be worthwhile considering how the timeline for corps-specific IETs fit in after ACCS, particularly if the AIFT was reduced to 21 days to reduce the friction of taking 5-weeks off work at a single time.