Professionals understand that training is a neverending quest.
They start out with initial training and follow that with sustainment training. Additional training is required as new procedures come into play, and that’s followed by still more sustainment training.
Medical folks, pilots, scientists and engineers all engage in continuing education.
For those who carry a gun, either professionally or casually, such training is sometimes so limited as to be useless.
Initial training for many may be good to not so good, but sustainment training may be limited to requalification, which has nothing to do with training at all. And for many, the concept of training, as well as the application of such training, may be left in the hands of those without a clue or those with an agenda...
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Good reading.
more bullets please 05/28/2011 at 11:22 am
It’s pretty tough to do any self training at all, without first having attended some professional training (thank you Trident Concepts) to get an idea of where your deficiencies are, and what drills are out there to help one work on these. I know Mr Rogers (the author, not the guy in the cardigan) is a professional trainer and some might decry this article as a conflict of interest, but professional training is an absolute must initially.
stumpystrat45 06/01/2011 at 7:59 pm