FORT JACKSON, S.C. (March 19, 2015) -- Post Command Sergeant Major William Hain conducted NCO professional development training March 11 at the recently renovated Omaha Beach Range. The new course design is focused on enhancing decision-making capabilities of Soldiers in Basic Combat Training.
Soldiers go through the Omaha course using live ammunition while practicing advancing on the enemy. Soldiers need to make decisions on which techniques to execute and when to execute them, based on the situation.
The more than 40 senior NCOs in attendance followed Hain and the course participants down the lanes, learning to teach the new doctrine the right way.
"NCOs get paid to look at training," Hain said. "It is simple but important, and this group, more than any other, has the authority to get things fixed on the spot to provide the correct training."
Hain said Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker and he observe various training events at Fort Jackson and ask the instructors, "What's the training outcome?"
"That's the start point," Hain said. "As doctrine becomes outdated or the training no longer meets the standards or requirements, it needs to be updated as soon as possible."
The senior NCOs who attended the training will pass down lessons learned to drill sergeants responsible for teaching the course to Soldiers.
"The mission of training is not the program of instruction -- the goal of the mission is to teach the desired outcome," Hain said. "It's important for all of us to get this right because it's what we do."
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