A great many more than it seems you suppose... I would opine that far more Soldiers sit at their PC for some period most nights than do those who sit down with FM 3-24.2, and if a young soldier is apt to sit down for quiet evening with a doctrinal manual... he is equally apt to sit at his PC while doing it...
I wouldn't claim that interactive media is the solution to US forces not reading their own doctrine, but I would argue that nearly anyone could sit with the FM 3-24 product and in 3 hrs have a very good idea of the content of the manual, its main principles, and examples as to how it might be operationalized... I won't engage in the debate as to whether 3-24 is a good doctrinal solution (I like it for what it was intended, don't like it for how it is sometimes interpretted - but that's no different than any other piece of doctrine)... only that the accompanying digital training tool was very effective...
Whether anyone on this panel likes this approach or not matters little... this IS the way the Army is heading... it is intended to both improve intellectual access, physical access to the material and also to support distance learning/shortened resident PME instruction...
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