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'But we always slap back to that machine-age World War II era model,' he said. Scales praised the Army's decision to increase infantry one-station unit training (OSUT) from 14 weeks to 22 weeks, saying the change had 'yielded enormous benefits.'

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'The problem is, when you get into the Army's sausage-making machine, the frictions begin to arise, and everybody comes up with a whole series of what-abouts and what-ifs.'

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'Just a few months into it, all of us came to the realization that, you know, the toughest nut to crack is policy, and the culture of neglect that close combat forces have endured literally since the inception of the Army 244 years ago,' Scales said. Soon after the task force was first created, it became clear that supporting new, high-tech weapons and equipment would not be enough to truly increase lethality and performance in infantry units, Scales said. 'They approach it from the standpoint of efficiency and management,' Scales said. He called them 'professional personnelists, those who practice the black arts of human-resource, personnel management.' Robert Scales, a key adviser to the CCLTF, has some strong words for critics of the overhaul effort, however. Lightning Academy waterborne operations off the coast of Hawaii offers a unique training environment and partnership opportunity for United States Army Special Operations Forces and the 25th Infantry Division. Daniel Moss, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy, performs cold-load training to Rangers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, before the start of waterborne training at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Nov. you are likely to see heavy investment in light infantry.' 'I don't think that we are headed into a period where. is this a cost-effective use of Army dollars,' said Dougherty, who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment in the late 1990s.

'The question that I think the Army has got to grapple with is. about getting the right people into these positions.'īut Chris Dougherty, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said that such an effort - while laudable - would be enormously expensive and unlikely to gain traction at a time when the Army is attempting to modernize its major combat systems and straining to meet recruiting goals. 'I think we can do a lot better in the Army. Thomas Spoehr, who serves as director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense, told. 'There is truth in this fact that we have not paid great attention to this idea of specially selecting people and incentivizing infantrymen and giving them the right skills,' retired Army Lt.

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