NFLD Sapper said:
There is a certain member of this site that is on the writing board and from what I have heard lots of changes are in the pipes for this course.
Why are you outting me again!!??
All right for the Log O's ...
We are rewriting everything ... and have been doing so since September. The changes/updating of the courses goes from the bottom - right to the top. A complete overhaul if you will.
This includes Air Log, Land Log, Sea Log, Log Common, Tn, Sup, Adm/Fin - everything.
In September, those of us redoing the training packages and programs came up and got our marching orders - spending a week here going through the old & outdated courses. We've now spent the past 3 months back at our own Units redoing portions allocated to to us as individuals. Between myself and two others, we are redoing the LOCL (Army Logistic Officer - Phase IV). Specifically - I've been tasked as the SME for the Road Movement, DPs, Dumping Program, Commodity Points, Convoy Ops, Battle Procedure, Action On Drills, and have dabbled into the NBC/LBDside now as well over the past week.
Last Monday, all of us (for the entire run of Log O courses) gathered back here at CFSAL in Borden with all our work. I can't tell you specifically at what stage of completion any course is other than the one I was sent here to redo. As of Friday morning - 1000hrs - Log Officer Land Phase IV is 100% completed. The three of us have completed all Lesson Plans, all power points, all videos, all homework assignments, all PCs (X2 each), all ECs, all handouts, all Aide Memoires, all scenarios for the PX. All courses were supposed to be at the same state by last Friday morning, but I do not know if that's the case.
I do know this ... even Friday morning, I edited the Master lesson plan and forwarded up for authority to change one of my tasked portions. Seems to me that one should be learning the definitions and responsibilities of "convoy commanders, column commanders, escort commanders, packets etc" etc BEFORE they are learning how to effect their IED drills or get their convoy out of an ambush situation. I believe that changing the MLP will not be an issue in this case - it only makes sense.
This upcoming week - the entire of us all will be pulled together once again - finalizing everything and pulling all areas together into each respective course. I should be out of here by 1000hrs Friday morning and merrily back on my way to Gagetown.
After that, the entire rewrite of each and every course needs to go for official translation before it can even be considered for launch. It all goes to the translators in January - I've heard that March was the "optimistic" date for launch of new Log Officer training program. That remains to be seen and is determined by factors well out of CFSAL's control.
What I can tell you is this, that no matter what Log O course you are coming here for, once the new program is launched --- you can be guaranteed that what you are being taught is current, effective, and incorporates lessons learned from our current area of operations. The new courses are applicable with today's reality on the battlefield (vice the peacekeeping/RV/NATO in Germany doctrine of past courses) - they are incorporative of unconventional warfare vice the linear emphasis of courses that should have been long since past.
With that all being said ... I can say this "have fun in the field!!" and "know your IAs" because you'd best know your battle procedure (all 16 steps of it!
) inside out, and what the hell to do when someone says into the radio "CONTACT - WAIT OUT - ...." whether you be tasked as the convoy comd or the CP operator.
Do have fun ---- I'm hoping now that they do NOT bring me back here to instruct on the pilot. >
