I received the following from Captain Wilson today. (Click the link just below this to read his comments.) He's still not able to make entries. I told him to keep those cards and letters (actually I said e-mails) coming and I'd keep posting them.
Now, click the link to read his comments.
John I just have not had a chance to work on the Blog. If I can email you some
info every now and then that would be great. Right now I am holding 2
positions the HHC/and S4 (Logistics) mentor. Also when other people on our team
are away then I fill in for them as well. Have been working from early in the
morning till late at night.
We are getting ready for the elections coming up in Sept. My role is to train
the Headquarters Company in how to by a HHC. Which means make sure their
medics have medical skills, that their mechanics can fix their vehicles, that
their S1 can keep accurate records, and that their S4 learns how to sumitt
request for supplies and can track what he has. In the past they have mostly
been used as an Infantry Co. So I have a lot of work to do.
The soldiers are all well trained we are working with the oldest Kandak in
Afghanistan. They are very fast and are good soldiers. Where they have
problems is learning to request all the different type of supplies in advance
of the time they need them. Then keeping up with it. They are very wasteful.
They just don't think before they do things.
This is a new concept to them ordering and projecting things they need before
they need them. The Kandak has come a long way. They have great diffulculty
thinking 1 month out vs 6 months out. They do have excellent leadership and
good NCO's. It just a matter of teaching them how to do things for themselves.
Goal is to work ourselves out of a job here.
Thanks
Mark Wilson
HHC/S4 Company Mentor