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Originally Posted by incommin
Is stress the reason for trainee failures? I don't think so. How we view things is what raises or lowers stress levels. A weak willed and weak minded individual is a weak ass and does not belong in the military.
If a trainee can not handle the stress of basic training and weapons qualification how is he or she going to handle a firefight, getting ambushed, or seeing friends die? If the wheat can no longer be separated from the chaff in basic, where is the point at which it should be done?
Jim
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I could not agree more. Mental toughness is hard to imbue in those that have hid behind mommy's apron strings all their lives.
Gene, I don't agree with you on this. I think basic should be as stressful as we can make it in order to weed out the sissies before we place them on the battlefield. I would rather a kid go home and flip burgers than be sent home to his mom in a flag drapped box.
Why don't we have a SFAS for basic training? A stress test to seperate those that would be warriors from those that should never face an armed enemy?