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3 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Doesn't help when you've had a year where we've been:
1) not drilling, bc COVID
2) activated, bc COVID
3) activated, bc civil unrest
4) activated, bc JAN 6 fallout
5) activated, bc CTCs
6) activated, bc deployments

My company's ACFT training plan went to shit
We were able to run a diagnostic last fall, with a good core of unit cadre certified to Level 1 to administer the test. But that was only because we pushed to make training a priority. Aaaaaaand subsequent ACFT training went to shit bc of the DC deployment
Honestly, as the outgoing commander, I was more concerned about the unit's weapons and demo proficiency because of how far off our training calendar we'd been thrown. ACFT wasn't up there at the top of my priorities.

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