Quote Originally Posted by tankersteve View Post
My biggest beef is the Army likes to spend big money on big training, but isn't willing to put much of any money toward the lower end. Therefore, we end up with lousy training on the big end because we still don't do the lower-level stuff very well.
and I suspect that many -- most -- will agree.

Train the basics well and the high end takes care of itself -- and that doesn't address the fact that much high end training is wasted because by the time people reach that plateau, their ideas are formed and they resist change...

On the vehicle gunnery, true; that and the maintenance picture give good 'metrics' for rating folks. As you say, rifle companies can't compete on that basis. As I'm very fond (too fond, many say ) of telling Armor officers "I've seen a lot of US tanks destroyed by poor tactics on our part; far, far fewer by better enemy gunnery."