[Hoplite]

Once you've seperated the wheat from the chaff, you still have to grow it.

Hence NCO professional development courses.

Furthermore, it's better to learn from the mistakes of others in a classroom environment than to learn the lessons firsthand at the cost of good men - the Army disseminated the lessons from Mogadishu through the classroom, giving various participants the opportunity to pass along their experiences and lessons learned to other soldiers, many of whom have had an opportunity to put that knowledge to good use in recent years.

[Max Combined]

"Once you've seperated the wheat from the chaff, you still have to grow it.
Hence NCO professional development courses."

Isn't the time for that, after the wars are won?