This Fox news story, Shouting Out of Fashion at Army Boot Camps, says that drill sergeants are yelling less and fewer recruits are dropping out of boot camp. Here's a little more from the article: The changes started about a year ago, as defense officials looked for ways to make drillmasters more effective, said Lt. Col. Mike Jones, head of Army National Guard recruiting.
He said the old way was to "talk loud, talk often, get their attention" — shock treatment to teach discipline and mold the newly recruited civilian into a soldier.
But trainers found today's generation responded better to instructors who took "a more counseling" type role, Jones said, using strong tactics when needed but keeping them the exception instead of the rule.
I'm thinking life on the battle field is going to be a whole lot tougher than boot camp. So are we going to ask front-line commanders to yell less often as well? Maybe if we do that our enemies will treat our captured soldiers nicer, too since they wouldn't be used to being yelled at. What do you think?
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