It takes about 6 months to train U.S. soldiers and marines - 2 months basic training - 2 months advanced infantry tactics, and another 2 - 6 months to become proficient with their weapons and equipment. Many of those serving in Iraq have much less time in service than the time the U.S. has spent on training Iraqi citizens. And according to the news reports, it's going to be another 12 - 18 months before the Iraqi army and police force have sufficient training, - I just don't buy that !!
2006-11-30 17:36:47 · 9 answers · asked by tee_nong_noy 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Believe me, you aren't the only one questioning this. I think it will take as long as we're willing to put up with it. They will have to learn a whole lot quicker, when we pull out.( or they will take their weapons, and go home )
2006-11-30 17:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Pat C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't believe the newspapers. They are getting a lot wrong including death counts and destruction and pegging the info on a guy that doesn't exist. The problem is all the news sources are using the same AP reporter. They are just getting wire reports from Iraq. The AP reporter could say he saw Elvis and they would report that too. Bush administration said that the number of police and soldiers will be trained by the end of this year. The iraqi president said all the forces should be ready to fully take over by June. I think they are doing a quick training with trial by fire training (Civil War, WWI and WWII style). Basically they exercise them, train them to shoot their rifle and then. I heard 3 months of basic and then U.S. soldiers follow them on patrol. That's why the Iraqi forces seemed like idiots. U.S. soldiers had a high death rate from that style of training too (about 1 million from the Civil War to WWII).
2006-11-30 18:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In this case I don't think the problem is training as much as it is about loyalties. The Iraqi's loyalties are divided between tribe,religion and country in that order. This doesn't lend itself to a unified national army or police force. People who were so critical of Saddam before the war for having Sunni only armies and police and govt forces can now see why this was so. It is also dawning that Saddam was only doing what was necessary to keep his country together and that meant pounding the population into line. It's not humane but it seems the only way this idiot country works.
2006-12-01 06:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you are asking the wrong question.
In six months you can train a soldier with the minimum skills. And these soldiers are pretty useless without more experienced soldiers to keep them alive long enough to gain experience themselves. (It generally takes about two years for a soldier to become fully trained and experienced.)
Now once you get these fully trained and experienced soldiers - you have to select the ones who can be trained as NCOs. This training lasts another six months and at the end you have an NCO who can perform basic functions with supervision and mentoring from experienced NCOs. And it takes about two more years for an NCO to become fully trained and experienced.
Now look at this time. Almost five years have past and all you have gotten is trained and experienced privates and squad leaders.
Now you can look at your NCOs and start this process all over again to produce senior NCOs.
Officers have to follow a similar time-consuming process before you have trained, experienced and competent people at all levels of command.
2006-12-01 03:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An occidental soldier is trained in a couple years. in Canada recruit are trained in about a year for basic infantry then they continue with on the job training, then he go to speciality course. also we have a core of veteran to train them and direct them. unfortunately the afgan have no basic understanding of the principle of hierarchy,rang, discipline, tactics and so forth. they have to learn every thing from the beginning and then they leave for a wile and you have to start over again. they have to assimilate the way we do things before they learn how to do them. also consider that you are building a brand new army with new infrastructure, not an easy task. It's probably like to train a medieval knight to modern warfare. he knows how to fight but has no idea of what your talking about.
2016-05-23 07:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way. It took six years of fkups from one political party to get the job done right in America. Let the new leadership take office and get up to speed and then ask this one again.
2006-11-30 17:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by scottyurb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
and its not like theyre starting from scratch a lot of these guys were already army or police
maybe they just have the same IQ as our president and cant really learn it
2006-11-30 17:41:08 · answer #7 · answered by gdeach 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By the sloppy turnout, I'd estimate a couple of hours.
2006-11-30 18:34:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
about 6 months longer than it takes to kill one.
2006-11-30 17:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by Daniel H 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋