ess. Inc. magazine recently published a cover story entitled Corps Values in which the United States Marine Corps was called the Best management-training program in America.(Freedman 56) In this article James Warren, founder of the Warren Financial Group, was quoted as saying, The Marine Corps allowed us to make sure we could understand the worst-and best-case scenarios, take care of everyone else first, and accomplish the mission with minimum casualties.(Freedman 60) Inc. stated that even companies that consider themselves committed to decentralization rarely make the hiring and training of managers as high a priority as the marines do.(Freedman 59) In terms of training in a specific skill, military training definitely qualifies.From the beginning of basic training soldiers are given knowledge in many areas. Knowledge is defined as the ability to recall specific methods and processes, as well as pattern and structure previously taught. Knowledge is a vast topic and it is basically up Brown 3to the person defining knowledge what the standards are. Trainees are taught the specifics of military conduct, ethics as well as a general overview of military history and a very in depth look at weaponry, sometimes in a matter of weeks. At a university, students are taught many subjects and through memorization these students are expected to know the material. They are then tested on the material determining whether or not they obtained the knowledge. Upon completion of the basics, military trainees go into more specialized fields such as aircraft maintenance, special warfare, or some form of administration. Aircraft maintenance crews go through several months of additional training where they learn how to fix just about everything on the plane. These soldiers are trained and then tested thoroughly to ensure that they are familiar with the subject. In order to become an officer in todays military you must attain at least a bachelors d...
