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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5533460" data-attributes="member: 34175">Other than NCO training courses?  Many, many mindless hours of CTT (Common Task Training).  Once you get out of basic, you go to AIT, then your first duty assignment.... that is where your REAL training begins.  The reason I believe that civilians don't understand the Military mind-set is because, in the civilian world you go to school, possibly college and then enter the work force.  When you enter the work force there really isn't a "training regimen".  You learn things on the job, but it's more, welcome to the club, hope you don't get eaten by the sharks.  Everyone s competing for the same small pool of jobs and so everyone has a target on their back painted there by their so called friends.In the Military, you rely on the person next to you to not only know their job, but the one above and the one below.  That way they can help those below them, take over if there is a vacancy above and keep you honest about your own job, just like you are doing to them.  Promotions aren't based on screwing your buddy out of a slot, it's about earning your position through your own study, which all of your buddies help you with, and you help them in turn.  It's a real bad idea to F*$# over a person who knows how to kill you in your sleep and make it look like it was an accident.  So that said, you train, constantly.  It can be said that most Military jobs are strictly training until they are deployed, of course right now, it's hard to get that mindset because we have three very active operational theaters.  But as little as 15 years ago, most Soldier, Sailors, Marines and Airmen just trained for the eventuality of war.  There are a few jobs that operate the same in peace and war (MI, Medical, Legal, which Combat Arms and Combat Service Support never understood) but without showing you, its hard to wrap your head around.  A good gauge is what's known as the Tour of Duty.  A peacetime ToD is between 2 & 3 years (sans extensions) and a combat ToD is 6 months.  If you are trying to figure out how to assign skills, the old Star Trek RPG by FASA had a pretty spot on way.  Each tour gives you so many base skill points to assign and then a couple of bonus skills based on your ToD (ie carousing or gaming if you were based at a Star base or Marksmanship is you were assign to Military Ops Command).   I would probably think that is your best bet.  Things every Soldier/Marine does in Permanent Party assignments - Yearly Marksmanship training, (more if Combat Arms), PT (Physical Training), Job specific training via OJT or actual duty, continued leadership training, D&C (Drill & Ceremonies, whether you want it or not).CTT training that is usually carried out is CBRN, First-Aid, Squad Ops and SERE training.</blockquote>

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