Quote Originally Posted by reed11b View Post
Bingo! This is also why I am not a fan of centralized schools that units send individuals to. Training the whole unit is going to have much better long term effects on a units ability to perform the mission then having any number of tabbed or badged individuals in it it.
Reed
It's all about the mix. You need some centralized courses to dissipate innovations quickly.

The German Army detected many shortcomings in its 1939 Poland campaign.
The lessons learned (that were mostly about "mistakes of our officers") were compiled and thousands of officers were moved through courses to correct the deficiencies in about half a year.


On the other hand it seems natural to me that soldiers join their unit after periods of courses and train with it for a rather long time before it's again about time to attend schooling for new assignments.