D-32 NKO Courses

Navy Knowledge on Line, or as I like to call it No Knowledge on line, even better would be WNKO, Worthless Navy Knowledge on line. As I diligently finish up the ECRC checklist I need to release some frustration with the countless hours I have lost completing the NKO required courses. There are over 16 courses required by the checklist, way to many for me to address in this forum and all of them virtually worthless. The following are at the top of my retarded list, M16 safety procedures, M9 pistol training, Cold Weather Injuries and United States Army Values.

Lets take a look at M16/M9 training, these two are the longest of the series they take a couple of hours each and the final test must be passed with a 1oo%, I believe I have 3o days of Army training that will delve a little deeper into these areas, probably a waste of my time.

Now lets address Cold Weather Injuries, since I am going to Iraq, one of the hottest places on earth, I couldn't understand why this course was a requirement. As I sat pondering the question WHY..... it hit me, the Navy and Army have worked out a plan to send me to Wisconsin in the middle of the winter for training, one of the coldest places on earth, obviously helping me to acclimatize myself before heading to Iraq, that's a great plan. I am not even going to get into the fact that all my Army training will be conducted in cold weather gear and I am deploying to the desert, train like you fight, fight like you train??

Army values, are Navy values not good enough, are they really that different, honestly I don't remember.