What is it about America? Does America's education system just suck?

[CaseyTheAthie]

Hehe, don't go all "I got the best of the best of the best, sir." on me, Rhythm. I mean that even medics and whatnot have to do rifle qualifications and the like. Sure, they don't get the same training as say a mortarman, but they sure don't just skip through the tulips or learn how to fly kites on their ways to becoming medics.

It used to be that the Marine Corps was the only service that prided itself one the whole 'every man a rifleman' deal. Meaning yes while EVERY Soldier, Marine, Sailor and Airman qualified with a rifle that does not constitute infantry training. It goes much farther into squad tactics and such I have heard that the army picked up the 'every man a rifle' deal a few years ago and has implemented the same 'infantry crash course' for non-infantry MOSs due to the severe change in tactics with these past two wars. Realistically the whole Heavy Cavalry thing is totally different now as well since Cav units have Armored units like tanks and such. So while a small percentage of the force is infantry a slightly larger portion is combat arms as a whole they are very small compared to the massive support element involved (especially with the army as they are more designed as an occupational force)