I was surfing the internet and ran across this vid. It immediately brought to mind the AAV upgrade, Amphibious Combat Vehicle and the Marine Personnel Carrier Programs.
I don't necessarily want designers to have military experience. You don't have to have served in the Marine Corps in particular...but you should have to spend a week with the boys out at Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch.
Ideally you would act as a fourth crewmember and would ride over to the School of Infantry and experience (just for that week) what its like to pile 30 Marines into the back of an AAV. You should also experience rides over the toughest terrain at Camp Pendleton. You should have to experience a swim out to a ship in bad water. You should know what the vehicle IS that you're replacing or upgrading.
Its a pipe dream but it would help if the guys that are working on Marine Corps vehicles volunteered for that type of work experience. I bet both the Marine Corps and the manufacturers would be the better for it.
I don't necessarily want designers to have military experience. You don't have to have served in the Marine Corps in particular...but you should have to spend a week with the boys out at Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch.
Ideally you would act as a fourth crewmember and would ride over to the School of Infantry and experience (just for that week) what its like to pile 30 Marines into the back of an AAV. You should also experience rides over the toughest terrain at Camp Pendleton. You should have to experience a swim out to a ship in bad water. You should know what the vehicle IS that you're replacing or upgrading.
Its a pipe dream but it would help if the guys that are working on Marine Corps vehicles volunteered for that type of work experience. I bet both the Marine Corps and the manufacturers would be the better for it.
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