NCOC.
This is coolbert:
It should be apparent from the interview with Dr. Horton that a certain type of person was attracted to the Non-Commissioned Officers Course [NCOC].
Since the course sought out volunteers, even among those that had been drafted, coercion was not a factor here.
[on the contrary. These NCOC students realized they were going to complete the NCOC course, go to Vietnam, and lead an infantry squad for a year of dangerous duty.]
I think it is reasonable to intuitively infer what sort of person was wanted by the Army for the NCOC course.
* Persons of above average intellect. NOT necessarily book smart of grade smart or having a high level of education. But persons with innate intelligence. Persons able to learn, master tasks, a multiple number of them, and do so quickly.
* Persons that had some sort of athletic ability or a higher level of physical fitness.
* Persons that already, while even still in their teens, understood teamwork or had demonstrated some sort of leadership.
* Persons that can be described as motivated, self-starters. Persons displaying initiative. NOT persons who wait for something to happen.
[these are in all probability folks who have the type of character that WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO BEHAVE in a manner other than to do the best at whatever they do. Most reputable psychologists will tell you that a persons basic character is formed more or less for the rest of their life by the time they are five years old!! Minor modifications to the character of a person can be made after that point, but only, once again, minor. Highly motivated, self-starters possessing initiative all their lives, desiring to excel, AT WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO!! Simple as that!!]
If, and only if, the draft is reinstated, these are type of persons to be sought out for a similar NCOC course. A course that would once again create a manpower pool of infantry squad leaders. Persons to command and lead other draftees.
If the draft IS reinstated, DO IT RIGHT!! This is one way to do IT RIGHT!!
coolbert.
1 Comments:
This could be the place to offer some suggestions for recruitment.
The government is in a unique position as an employer.
For military recruitment, some product or service can be offered in exchange for a promise to enlist months, or perhaps, a year later.
Currently incentives worth thousands are being given.
Many teenagers are overweight, or have some problem which can be treated medically.
Examples would be: operations which allow the obese to lose weight sufficient to make them recruitable
2-offering treatment for skin conditions, such as accutane etc.
3-fixing eyesight with operations
4-fixing dental problems
5-more controversially, offering steroids for a body-building program
6-some cosmetic procedures for skin
The idea here is that they get the treatment first, then get hooked in to fulfill their promise afterwards
this takes advantage of the teens'
priorities and time discount misjudgements.
For them the social mortification to be suffered in a week or a month, seems vastly more important than the time in another year when they would have to carry out their promise
in terms of enlistment.
12:32 AM
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