The Importance Of Knowledge In The Communication Field

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Training for the unpredictable can be hard but attained. Your goal to train for the unpredictable is not to be ready for anything in the sense that you will know the outcome no matter what but to train to be resilient to the change of the unknown. In the communication field we train for the best outcome with the best scenario as well as train to enforce the basic of their respected gear so when something does happened the Marines will be able to react on it and fix the issue to get communication back up. What we fail to do at times is to train for the worst outcome and to work back to a functional environment. Was to help this will be to go the a working system and put in random bugs that can predicate happened or punch in a command or wrong …show more content…
Knowledge can be pasted on from Marine to Marine be it from life experience or even just from reading a book. Any little bit of knowledge can change the outcome of anything if they are given it in time and how to apply that knowledge. Well working in the communication field we have all kinds of documentation on how a satellite terminal is suppose to work and why the radio waves can't work in one place but can work in a different one even if both spots have the same layout as each other. Something from the smallest solar flare to the path in which the radio wave is going to travel can change the outcome of everything. You will also have to past on any knowledge one has on the Area of Operation. The more the Marines know the better equip they are with getting the mission done and having a better chance of fighting any warfare that comes at them. In today's world of technology it is really easy to get lost in plethora of information that is in the world but to train a Marine to figure out what information is vital and what information is not and realizing that the information can change at any time are key points to reinforce into the Marine. The old saying that the pen is mightier then the sword is stating that training to do something can only get you so far but with out the proper knowledge you would not be able to reach your goal as …show more content…
We as leaders should strive to push our Marines to better at their job through training and giving them the knowledge so they can improve and get better at their jobs. No matter the type of combat we must face today or in our future can stop our progress if we reinforce the idea of knowledge plus training equals an unstoppable

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