If you want to make a complaint in Basic training in the British Army who do you go to?

Question

i.e. about the way the training programme is set out. e.g. If I think learning skill at arms should be taught over a longer period who would I talk to not including my squadron/battery staff. And I would like to also know who decides how basic training is run? (this is not to have a go at any one but to put an idea forward with it being considered seriously).

Your drill instructor is a member of staff in your troop and he wont take you seriously.

Answer 1

Ask your drill instructor if there is a suggestion box in the squadron. Or just ask the question in a politically nice way. The instructor may have the answer for you.

Answer 2

Having served as an instructor at a ATR, I feel qualified to answer this question. The Army Training and Recruitment Agency (ATRA) are the authority on how long basic training lasts. Making a complaint needs to go through your chain of command or you can go straight to the subject matter experts in the ATR i.e. If your complaint is about Skill at Arms your point of contact would be the WO2(sasc) or the training officer

Answer 3

Well, in the RAF training, everyone is required to fill in a comments questionnaire after every phase of the training. We are free to put in anything constructive about the course, whether it be shortening or lengthening a phase, or adding a consolidation or test.

If you don't have that, then there is something wrong.

You'd be surprised to hear that your instructors do want to hear this sort of criticism and will not dismiss them without considering them. Don't go higher than your SNCO, as the Officer has the SNCO's for this very reason.

Do it at the end of the course or respective phase though...

Answer 4

you are trying to ignore the very people you should be talking to.

Yes you may get ridiculed, that is a risk, but one you should be prepared to take.

Just bear in mind that things like skill at arms have well laid down training programmes and your instructors have very little leeway in changing it. If you don't believe that ask to see the training pamphlets

Answer 5

Would it be perhaps prudent to finish your basic training. and your fitness to serve has been assess before trying to change the system. Students sometimes do not see the bigger picture until such times as it all comes together. Usually at the end of training and passing out parade.

Answer 6

Perhaps you may not be aware, but any training programme in basic training has been tried and tested for many years and to moan about it just because it doesn't suit you is laughable. You can approach your NCOs if you like about this, but I doubt if they will concede to change the training programme just to suit you. Just get on with it!!

Answer 7

depends on if you are the recruit or their family. if recruit, then he should see his training staff who will take it up the chain, to the company commander if nobody else sorts it out. if you are a member of his family, you can contact the careers office where he signed up, i found them very help-full, and they got straight onto the problem which was resolved immediately.

Answer 8

"Who the F**k do you think you are", will probably be an answer that you get if you approach anyone with an observation like that. Basic training is set out and run by the CO.

Answer 9

My suggestion to you is to forget trying to be G.O.C. , get your head down, learn what you need to learn, don't whinge and moan,don't try and teach your granny how to suck eggs. A famous Native American Indian Chief once said to his braves as they were preparing for a battle, "If you don't want to **** on the pot, get off!".

Answer 10

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