The Future of 12C Bridge Crewmen
Robert Holcombe
ALC 12C Abstract
The Bridge Crewmembers in the Army are a vital asset to the Army. They give the Army the ability to move forward to accomplish its mission. The future of Bridge Crewmembers’ skills and abilities depend on their training. However, it seems as though, there is never enough time or money in the budget. There needs to be improvements to the training schedule. If they do not have the time to train they are going to become less proficient. In this paper I will go over some changes that I believe will improve the future the Bridge Crewmember. They need to have an uninterrupted training schedule so the Soldiers can improve their skills. The need to have better access to training …show more content…
It can be a very physically, demanding job with risk of injury. Well trained crews are very important for safety and mission success. The Army has a few different types of bridge system that it uses. It is very important that a Multi-Role-Bridge Company (MRBC) in the Army has the time to train and become efficient on all the bridge systems that the Army uses. When a MRBC is deployed and is tasked to build a bridge in a hostile environment, it needs to be able to do so as quickly as possible. The time and money to train with never seems to be enough. It is time to find a way to streamline our training schedule to get the most out of our time and budget. In this paper I will address ways I believe we could improve on training and skills of a Bridge Crewmember and MRBCs as a …show more content…
This is why the MRBCs in the Army are not able to become very proficient at building them. Most of the companies only get to spend a few days a year training on them. At Fort Leonard Wood MRBCs can train on the Medium Girder Bridge, Mabey Johnson Bridge, and the ACROW. They are known as fixed bridges or Line of Communication Bridges. These bridges are time consuming to build and take more Soldiers to build. If the Army would invest in a set of each of these bridging systems and distribute them accordingly, it would be financially advantageous due to lowering money spent to send an entire MRBC TDY in order to receive hands-on training. The availability to train on them without having to travel would give Soldiers the chance to become efficient on them and allow for greater mission success when deployed. Being able to build fast keeps Soldiers out of harm’s
Robert Holcombe
ALC 12C Abstract
The Bridge Crewmembers in the Army are a vital asset to the Army. They give the Army the ability to move forward to accomplish its mission. The future of Bridge Crewmembers’ skills and abilities depend on their training. However, it seems as though, there is never enough time or money in the budget. There needs to be improvements to the training schedule. If they do not have the time to train they are going to become less proficient. In this paper I will go over some changes that I believe will improve the future the Bridge Crewmember. They need to have an uninterrupted training schedule so the Soldiers can improve their skills. The need to have better access to training …show more content…
It can be a very physically, demanding job with risk of injury. Well trained crews are very important for safety and mission success. The Army has a few different types of bridge system that it uses. It is very important that a Multi-Role-Bridge Company (MRBC) in the Army has the time to train and become efficient on all the bridge systems that the Army uses. When a MRBC is deployed and is tasked to build a bridge in a hostile environment, it needs to be able to do so as quickly as possible. The time and money to train with never seems to be enough. It is time to find a way to streamline our training schedule to get the most out of our time and budget. In this paper I will address ways I believe we could improve on training and skills of a Bridge Crewmember and MRBCs as a …show more content…
This is why the MRBCs in the Army are not able to become very proficient at building them. Most of the companies only get to spend a few days a year training on them. At Fort Leonard Wood MRBCs can train on the Medium Girder Bridge, Mabey Johnson Bridge, and the ACROW. They are known as fixed bridges or Line of Communication Bridges. These bridges are time consuming to build and take more Soldiers to build. If the Army would invest in a set of each of these bridging systems and distribute them accordingly, it would be financially advantageous due to lowering money spent to send an entire MRBC TDY in order to receive hands-on training. The availability to train on them without having to travel would give Soldiers the chance to become efficient on them and allow for greater mission success when deployed. Being able to build fast keeps Soldiers out of harm’s