i appreciate that COL Ferguson understood that not all of us are familiar with the alphabet soup, so when he said an acronym, he also gave the breakout of what it is.
This reminds me of during WW2 pulling combat aces from the front lines to train the next pilots going to the front. It meant that you got to pass some of that hard earned knowledge to the next group of fresh faces going to combat. Which means at least a few of those newbies are going to survive to be aces themselves. The Japanese did not do that, and it really showed in the latter stages of the war in the pacific. Plus, even for the trainers, they are learning too, because they have to "act" like the expected opfor, and that means doing things in ways the US military does not teach. Which not only trains the trainee, it also trains the trainer. So everybody benefits. It's just a good idea all the way around.
The Japanese also just physically couldn't replace the numbers of pilots lost. Our pilots had more hours and the advantage of experienced pilots teaching us
Same idea, but different. The OPFOR at Ft. Irwin isn't any more experienced than the regular units, and they don't directly instruct visiting units. They just create a training environment that has the "worst possible/hardest opposition possible" for units to fight against.
When I was in Charlie Company 1-221 Armour Nevada National Guard we were set to begin annual training and 2 days before they announced we were going to NTC.
One of my first sergeants in the reserves was a track commander in Nam with the Black Horse. We learned a lot of tricks from his time in Cambodia. Good series, in the past I was a 19D4H and later before I retired 11B4X.
Loving all this thread, and looking forward to the next one. A lot of people I know of forget that in most countries I know of, you are a citizen first, then a soldier. Managing duties as a person and a soldier, matters a lot.
Why don’t units like the 11th ACR get the new/experimental systems before units like the 101st? Wouldn’t the units like 11th ACR be better equipped to really put that equipment through its paces & find its limitations?
As an experienced labor scheduler sometimes I think the military should hire one as a consultant. Too many military personnel complain about scheduling in advance.
My friend who gave me my first set of 2LT bars was John Caldwell a troop commander in the 11th in Vietnam and a Squadron commander with the 11th in Germany, he retired as an LT General. In my 29 years in the Army, I could never get assigned to the 11th.
I was 3 ACR when they moved to Carson in 97 and we went from 4th ID K company to 3rd ACR K Troop and started wearing Stetsons. I liked it and jumped in with both feet. Earning my Spurs the first year just so I could wear them!
Lots of military in my family. I don't know all the aspects of it from not having experienced it myself. But one experience I have had, is my first job doing Tech Support, they did a full week of simulated case work. My boss picked hard things and acted like the worst possible customer we could encounter. Failing and failing often in a controlled environment was the best training I could have received before doing it for real. It's definitely the same principle the Army is operating on here. Failure teaches you the best lessons. So when you are in the real thing, knowing not just what to do, but what not to do, sets you up for success.
i have a question for either the next q&a or just here in the comments. are scout vehicles still useful on a modern battlefield, and what for? wont drones be able to perform recon and scout duties much better than a light scout tank/armoured car?
Hey Chieftain, you should one day do a tour of the museum at Overloon! I just saw your video no the american history museum and you mentioned our old IS-2 which now lives over there! we have alot of pretty random tanks sitting around here, including one of the last 2 existing A30 challenger tanks!
Very interesting video again, thank you for sharing! But why put "music" in parts of it, even in the background? It makes understanding what is being said a bit more difficult and it adds nothing to the subject, IMO.
@@gordonlandreth9550 When in simulated battles, OPFOR who have been 'killed' will get their MILES gear re-activated very quickly so they can simulate a larger force.
Thanks Mr. Jarink , even with Army and National Guard experience , some of the lingo I don't understand . This is a good explanation . I remember putting MILES gear on our tanks during a weekend drill in the Cal National Guard . What a pain in the neck .
I have a few questions for you have you heard of the disston tractor tank made in the 30s and would the Ford 3 ton tank be considered as the first tankette or not ?
I'm genuinely curious why the experience is so unpleasant for the rotational units vice the home team 11th ACR who seem to enjoy it? Is it the emotional impact of battling (and likely "losing" to) a more experienced/less restrained/superior force, or is the actual experience significantly different between the two sides (both of whom operate in the same physical environment)? For example, I don't know, maybe the 11th gets to sleep in heated barracks and eat real food while the RTC is sleeping in the dirt with 30 degree F temps and eating MREs?
It is. When 11ACR was stood up in the early 1900s, the Army had already moved from blue uniforms to khakhi/brown. Historically the regiment never had the blue/black hat. That said, I suspect it's really just so that they're different.
Chieftain, great series on 11ACR. I recently took my military exploring cadets (ruclips.net/video/RJE7mvUA2cM/видео.htmlsi=UMAaGFODKfHYS7Lt) there for an ETLT weekend. 11ACR was VERY welcoming to allowing my cadets to shadow Blackhorse units and Task Force Reaper. We look forward to working with them more in the future. I am sharing your videos to my cadets for more context about NTC and serving in the military. Thank you for your service and for sharing your insight. I also love your MV videos! Hoah!
The dust bowl, a horrible place to be as lower enlisted in 1982 , you were told nothing, learned nothing, and the civilian bums at equipment turn in just topped off a horrible experience, my first rotation as an E2 12B was further enhanced by 6 guys getting ran over by a tank sleeping in the middle of the night somewhere they shouldn't have been, but then again our leadership consisted of alcoholic Vietnam vets who should have been kicked out upon their return, good times
Chieftain explaimed in a video about "tanker gear" in the past. The "cavalry hat" is a item permitted at unit level, not an army issue: so every unit, whitin reason, can pick and choose. the 11th cavalry regiment was first organized in 1901, after the Indian wars, when the blue uniform in the entire army was already phased out in favor of the "modern for the time" brown/khaki camouflage. So, when the fashion of cavalry hats set in, they decided not to go blue as most, but stick to their original hue.
@@fabiogalletti8616explained a question I had, but 1 nitpicking point as a Cav trooper, it's not called a "cavalry hat" or even a "cowboy hat" It's a Stetson
Considering contemporary lessons learned, the OPFOR should reassign half of the officers and 90% of the NCOs and replace them with basic trainees. Its only fair.
Edit: I got an answer, please stop replying. What does "KD assignment" mean? I don't know what "KD" means, or why it would matter, or why you would want it.
Pretty sure "Key Development". I'm not an American but I guess its a key posting for career development (a bit like sub unit command, etc.). A position you need to fill for career progression.
Yes. Key Development refers to the jobs one is expected to do well in order to be promoted to the next rank. For a lieutenant, this might include platoon leader, company XO, maybe a specialty plt ldr like scouts or mortars.
Key Development is technically a required assignment to be considered for promotion at all. If you are a Captain and want to become a Major, you are supposed to have a number of KDs checked off before you can be on the list for promotion. One can be promoted without all the KD, though it is rather rare outside of wartime. Practically speaking, KD is a way to define paths for the career personnel versus non-career personnel. Not everyone in the US Military WANTS to have a full twenty-or-more-year career. They may only want to be promoted to a given rank and then retire at that rank. Non-KD assignments are a way for those personnel to finish their service without taking away opportunity for the personnel who want to be promoted higher. Long and short, if you want to be promoted, you ask for KDs. If you don't want to be promoted, you offer to take non-KDs.
i appreciate that COL Ferguson understood that not all of us are familiar with the alphabet soup, so when he said an acronym, he also gave the breakout of what it is.
This reminds me of during WW2 pulling combat aces from the front lines to train the next pilots going to the front. It meant that you got to pass some of that hard earned knowledge to the next group of fresh faces going to combat. Which means at least a few of those newbies are going to survive to be aces themselves.
The Japanese did not do that, and it really showed in the latter stages of the war in the pacific.
Plus, even for the trainers, they are learning too, because they have to "act" like the expected opfor, and that means doing things in ways the US military does not teach. Which not only trains the trainee, it also trains the trainer. So everybody benefits. It's just a good idea all the way around.
The Japanese also just physically couldn't replace the numbers of pilots lost. Our pilots had more hours and the advantage of experienced pilots teaching us
Same idea, but different. The OPFOR at Ft. Irwin isn't any more experienced than the regular units, and they don't directly instruct visiting units. They just create a training environment that has the "worst possible/hardest opposition possible" for units to fight against.
Big Army wasted millions trying to get the Rock to recruit soldiers; LTC Moran doing it for free.
Nah not for free. I'm sure this is going to look fantastic on his OER.
'Rotation to NTC sucks'...so does war. OUTSTANDING series!
When I was in Charlie Company 1-221 Armour Nevada National Guard
we were set to begin annual training and 2 days before they announced we were going to NTC.
Never did NTC - did lots of time at Graf and Hohenfels though, same idea. Hella good time and good training.
Then not the same idea. Good times do not happen in Ft. Irwin's The Box. Hell, they don't happen before or after either. But it is good training.
I consider it the pivotal moment in my career that shaped the next 15 years in the Army.
One of my first sergeants in the reserves was a track commander in Nam with the Black Horse. We learned a lot of tricks from his time in Cambodia. Good series, in the past I was a 19D4H and later before I retired 11B4X.
Thanks for the video. Great info
Loving all this thread, and looking forward to the next one. A lot of people I know of forget that in most countries I know of, you are a citizen first, then a soldier. Managing duties as a person and a soldier, matters a lot.
The Chieftan was at Finnish Brutality? There was a real tall guy in a Cavalry hat.....
Yep. Video to come.
Why don’t units like the 11th ACR get the new/experimental systems before units like the 101st? Wouldn’t the units like 11th ACR be better equipped to really put that equipment through its paces & find its limitations?
The Maori/Samoan fulla at 7:07 sounds straight out of South Auckland lol.
I was trying to place the accent. I would have guessed NW Yakama. But now that you mention it. Yeah.
As an experienced labor scheduler sometimes I think the military should hire one as a consultant. Too many military personnel complain about scheduling in advance.
My friend who gave me my first set of 2LT bars was John Caldwell a troop commander in the 11th in Vietnam and a Squadron commander with the 11th in Germany, he retired as an LT General. In my 29 years in the Army, I could never get assigned to the 11th.
Funny how the Army works sometimes . Many Black Horse Vietnam veterans that stayed in wound up back in the 11th ACR
guarding the border in Germany .
I was 3 ACR when they moved to Carson in 97 and we went from 4th ID K company to 3rd ACR K Troop and started wearing Stetsons. I liked it and jumped in with both feet. Earning my Spurs the first year just so I could wear them!
Lots of military in my family. I don't know all the aspects of it from not having experienced it myself. But one experience I have had, is my first job doing Tech Support, they did a full week of simulated case work. My boss picked hard things and acted like the worst possible customer we could encounter. Failing and failing often in a controlled environment was the best training I could have received before doing it for real. It's definitely the same principle the Army is operating on here. Failure teaches you the best lessons. So when you are in the real thing, knowing not just what to do, but what not to do, sets you up for success.
Thanks sir, loving it here so far!
i have a question for either the next q&a or just here in the comments. are scout vehicles still useful on a modern battlefield, and what for? wont drones be able to perform recon and scout duties much better than a light scout tank/armoured car?
A full bird without a combat patch? Time is flying by.
He has a lot of combat experience! Dude was in the shit!
Probably intentional. He's not wearing any other chest candy either.
Get this man to 300k
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Good channel
Hey Chieftain, you should one day do a tour of the museum at Overloon! I just saw your video no the american history museum and you mentioned our old IS-2 which now lives over there! we have alot of pretty random tanks sitting around here, including one of the last 2 existing A30 challenger tanks!
Very interesting video again, thank you for sharing!
But why put "music" in parts of it, even in the background?
It makes understanding what is being said a bit more difficult and it adds nothing to the subject, IMO.
Likely a decision by the marketing team
2/11 ACR BAD KISSINGEN
E TROOP
1984 - 1987
DEATH RIDES A BLACK HORSE
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war.
As true as it was for Sun Tzu
8:48 It's because OPFOR gets respawns. 😆
And that means .. ?
@@gordonlandreth9550 When in simulated battles, OPFOR who have been 'killed' will get their MILES gear re-activated very quickly so they can simulate a larger force.
Thanks Mr. Jarink , even with Army and National Guard experience , some of the lingo I don't understand . This is a good explanation . I remember putting MILES gear on our tanks during a weekend drill in the Cal National Guard . What a pain in the neck .
Nice to see DCUs still in use.
Perfect opfor uniform for california now that they're long gone from the big army
Now they you have done the heavy mech side.
Anyway you can do a similar rotation at JRTC? How does the Airborne / light fighters version fair?
Wish I was back in the 11th ACR.
I have a few questions for you have you heard of the disston tractor tank made in the 30s and would the Ford 3 ton tank be considered as the first tankette or not ?
Doesn't sound familiar.
Fair quesiton. Offhand, yes, it probably is.
@@TheChieftainsHatch I think that you would find the the lesser known armored fighting vehicles from the interwar period funny
New display stand?
I'm genuinely curious why the experience is so unpleasant for the rotational units vice the home team 11th ACR who seem to enjoy it? Is it the emotional impact of battling (and likely "losing" to) a more experienced/less restrained/superior force, or is the actual experience significantly different between the two sides (both of whom operate in the same physical environment)? For example, I don't know, maybe the 11th gets to sleep in heated barracks and eat real food while the RTC is sleeping in the dirt with 30 degree F temps and eating MREs?
Question from a retired blue Stetson NG type.. what's with the brown Stetson, is that a 11th ACR thing?
It is. When 11ACR was stood up in the early 1900s, the Army had already moved from blue uniforms to khakhi/brown. Historically the regiment never had the blue/black hat.
That said, I suspect it's really just so that they're different.
Chieftain, great series on 11ACR. I recently took my military exploring cadets (ruclips.net/video/RJE7mvUA2cM/видео.htmlsi=UMAaGFODKfHYS7Lt) there for an ETLT weekend. 11ACR was VERY welcoming to allowing my cadets to shadow Blackhorse units and Task Force Reaper. We look forward to working with them more in the future. I am sharing your videos to my cadets for more context about NTC and serving in the military. Thank you for your service and for sharing your insight. I also love your MV videos! Hoah!
You really need to upscale the resolution on that video, it's 360 pixels and quite grainy. But I'm glad you're enjoying.
@@TheChieftainsHatch Roger that sir. That video is a little old but worth upgrading. Thank you.
The dust bowl, a horrible place to be as lower enlisted in 1982 , you were told nothing, learned nothing, and the civilian bums at equipment turn in just topped off a horrible experience, my first rotation as an E2 12B was further enhanced by 6 guys getting ran over by a tank sleeping in the middle of the night somewhere they shouldn't have been, but then again our leadership consisted of alcoholic Vietnam vets who should have been kicked out upon their return, good times
Do they still call it "aw shit" hill?
What s the difference between brown hat and black hats?
Chieftain explaimed in a video about "tanker gear" in the past.
The "cavalry hat" is a item permitted at unit level, not an army issue: so every unit, whitin reason, can pick and choose.
the 11th cavalry regiment was first organized in 1901, after the Indian wars, when the blue uniform in the entire army was already phased out in favor of the "modern for the time" brown/khaki camouflage.
So, when the fashion of cavalry hats set in, they decided not to go blue as most, but stick to their original hue.
@@fabiogalletti8616explained a question I had, but 1 nitpicking point as a Cav trooper, it's not called a "cavalry hat" or even a "cowboy hat" It's a Stetson
@@ffrick73 Ops, sorry.
Considering contemporary lessons learned, the OPFOR should reassign half of the officers and 90% of the NCOs and replace them with basic trainees. Its only fair.
Dialogue was way too quiet
Edit: I got an answer, please stop replying. What does "KD assignment" mean? I don't know what "KD" means, or why it would matter, or why you would want it.
Pretty sure "Key Development".
I'm not an American but I guess its a key posting for career development (a bit like sub unit command, etc.). A position you need to fill for career progression.
Yes. Key Development refers to the jobs one is expected to do well in order to be promoted to the next rank. For a lieutenant, this might include platoon leader, company XO, maybe a specialty plt ldr like scouts or mortars.
@@coldwarrior78 makes sense, thanks!
"knob drooppage"
Key Development is technically a required assignment to be considered for promotion at all. If you are a Captain and want to become a Major, you are supposed to have a number of KDs checked off before you can be on the list for promotion. One can be promoted without all the KD, though it is rather rare outside of wartime.
Practically speaking, KD is a way to define paths for the career personnel versus non-career personnel.
Not everyone in the US Military WANTS to have a full twenty-or-more-year career. They may only want to be promoted to a given rank and then retire at that rank. Non-KD assignments are a way for those personnel to finish their service without taking away opportunity for the personnel who want to be promoted higher.
Long and short, if you want to be promoted, you ask for KDs. If you don't want to be promoted, you offer to take non-KDs.
2nd, 8 September 2024
good video and first