relying too much on individual experiences.”
“We’re trying to get away from ...
— Col. Craig Currey, USA
Army recruit Myrna Guzman (above) strikes a tar- get with a bayonet during basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Soldiers learn room-clearing techniques at Fort Benning (left). Recruits at Fort Jackson (below left) practice using pugil sticks. (previous spread) Gen. George Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, addresses soldiers at the initial entry training course at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2009.
current needs and methods. One recent stop was Fort Jackson, the largest and most active initial entry train- ing center in the Army. The base trains 50 percent of all soldiers — including 80 percent of the women — entering the Army each year. In an address to base commanders, Hertling spoke
about the upcoming changes in training methods and brought in psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge, an associ- ate professor at San Diego State University, to discuss how millennials respond to various training methods. Twenge, author of Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confi dent, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before (Free Press, 2007), ex-
DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE
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PHOTOS: FROM TOP, STAFF SGT. MICHAEL B. KELLER, USAF/DOD; D. MYLES CULLEN/DOD; STAFF SGT. MICHAEL B. KELLER, USAF/DOD; PREVIOUS SPREAD, D. MYLES CULLEN/DOD
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