Reply #36: Ok, that is still an incorrect thread title [View All]

As for NTC yeah it's awesome to get schooled by the OPFOR and get put on your fifth point of contact. But it aint neccessary. It's nice to have but NTC can only host one Brigade per month, 8 months out of a year. On average we swap out 14-18 Brigades per year in Iraq. That means over half of us never go to NTC to get that training. NTC is only so big with only so many units to act as OPFOR. They cannot train year round as they are also subject to constraints such as leave, holidays, etc.......Ditto for JRTC. I have been to Iraq twice, once I got neither NTC or JRTC, the second time I only got JRTC at Polk......Yeah I would have wanted the training, but I can do my job without it......