At the end of the Video, did I see someone prodding for an IED with a metal bayonet? Surely that lesson has been learnt and fibreglass prodders are now used. Someone must be held specifically accountable if battles are to be won and lives saved.īTW. In many cases, however, nothing could be further from the truth. The integrated DOD MWR Libraries website delivers free, online resources to service.
it is assumed that all options have been considered. Army Knowledge Online (AKO): Provides secure access to Army Web assets, tools and services to soldiers, Army employees, retirees and family members worldwide. It is taken for granted that the way things are done has successfully evolved over time, as a result of the combined experience of those in charge i.e. The ADF is the archetypal hierarchical organisation mandates come from the top and are acted upon automatically and without question. Saying that responsibility is vested in all levels of command will not cut it either. An optional system without anyone having direct responsibility (for which they are specifically held accountable), will not work. Responsibility is sheeted home to ensure that this happens. Their OA command headquarters receives reports from theatres and ensures that solutions are found and implemented both in-theatre and the home base. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Sub-unit elements responsible for recording lessons learnt are imbedded in operational units. Army Knowledge Online (AKO) and the Intelligence Knowledge Network (IKN). The British system of Operational Analysis (OA) has much to commend it. There was just one of the many failures in such command responsibility.
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Drivers in each of the preceding three squadrons had been wounded in exactly the same way, but we had no idea.
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My tank driver in Vietnam should never have been wounded. Surely, we need someone to be designated as being responsible for ensuring that lessons learnt are recorded and doctrine and training revised accordingly. I saw no mention of this in the video, only reference to “ideally” and “perhaps”. My next comment relates to responsibility. Lessons learnt were passed back to neither training establishments nor replacement units. True, but what about reinforcements going to the same theatre? The lack of any such system during Vietnam meant that everyone had to learn from their own experience. I note that the video refers to the importance of lessons being recorded so that, should there be a second deployment to a theatre, earlier experience will not have been lost.
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