The @FTGNotebook episode launched today. Go check it out. buzzsprout.com/1410526/142975…
The topics covered during this podcast are ironic given this is the first online engagement from SMA in 3 weeks. Discussion touched on ‘how you engage with this generation’ impacts credibility, retention, and recruitment for the Army… yet senior leadership is seemingly ceding the social media space and not engaging in a fashion that clicks with the new generation. A lot of talk about self development and the excuse of ‘not getting the internet’ has been prolific. I think some self development efforts need to be put into understanding the internet and understanding how the younger generation wants to be engaged with.
@USArmySMA @FTGNotebook SMA, the BCT environment needs to be revamped urgently. Taking away the shell shock training was a mistake. Trainees graduating AIT have a lack of respect for authority, weaponize EO and SHARP to ruin DSs careers. The job of BCT is to take a civilian and make them into a -