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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crueldespot" data-source="post: 1788821" data-attributes="member: 18218">SmctI have been in the military for 13 years- first enlisted and then as an officer via OCS (officer candidate school). I am now in the national guard. Here is a resource you might find useful: This is a link to the SMCT (soldier's manual of common tasks). There are the skills that every soldier is supposed to know, regardless of their MOS (military occupational specialty). <a href="http://smct.armystudyguide.com/Skill_Level_1-AUG2003/index.html" target="_blank">http://smct.armystudyguide.com/Skill_Level_1-AUG2003/index.html</a>However, it isn't necessary to provide a skill rank for all of these tasks. Many of them do not translate into D20 modern skills. There is no D20 modern skill for using a radio, for example. There are skills for repairing a radio, or building a radio, but in the game they assume that anyone can turn a radio on and talk on it. In reality, it takes hours to teach a soldier how to set up and communicate with a SINCGARS, but in game terms, who cares? The same goes for the task to use chemical protective gear, how to dig a fox hole (yes, there is more than just shoveling dirt, you need a grenade sump, sector stakes, etc) and others. The military spends a lot of time training us how to do things that D20 modern characters can do automatically.The most important skills that do translate into D20 modern are "navigate" and "first aid." Each soldier in basic training must pass a test that requires them to demonstrate hands-on proficiency in evaluating a casualty, applying a dressing, tying a tourniquet, splinting a fracture, and other first aid tasks. Every soldier should have at least one rank in first aid.In officer pre-commisioning training, a great deal of time is spent learning land-navigation: How to get from one spot to another using a map and compass. NCOs (sergeants) must also learn land-nav as a part of their training. Every officer and NCO should have at least one rank in navigation.  As far as weapon proficiencies go, every soldier should have personal firearms feat. As far as advanced or exotic proficiencies go, many soldiers barely get "familiarization" on most of these weapons, and rarely practice them. Tankers should have the proficiency for their tank weapons, infantry soldiers will have the proficiency for their assigned weapon- machine gun, grenade launcher, or whatnot. Sure, most any soldier can pick up an AT-4 rocket launcher or M203, but without a lot of practice they are not likely to hit anything- as reflected in the -4 non-proficiency penalty.</blockquote>

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