If we agreed all the time, one of us would be unnecessary -- and we both KNOW that ain't true!!!

Even if no one else knows it...
Quote Originally Posted by RTK View Post
It doesn't happen often, but I disagree with you here, at least for the OBC part. After 2 years, 19 classes and 1500 lieutenants, there is no way they could comprehend MDMP adequately to even give a familiarization. They have difficulties grasping TLPs, let alone MDMP.
Understand -- do recall I say and firmly believe that OBC should be about a year long...

I also think MDMP is way overdone and needs to be greatly simplified. It came about in an effort, as 82 Redleg said
"...that we developed to help untrained staffs support inexperienced commanders (maybe during WW2?). It seemed to make sense at the time.
Though IIRC, it was post Viet Nam and due to DOPMA insuring that we would have too many untrained staffs and inexperienced commanders. ..