so its finally happened... HTS members now have the forum and the motivation to speak out. Lets see how the milbloggers deal with people inside the program telling it like it is. Also the same forum has an interesting Orwellian comment about the same HTS spoon fed talking points appearing over and over in the milblogs. You wouldn't think that milbloggers are sent talking points from PR companies do you?? :))
http://www.mensjournal.com/new-war-for-hearts-and-mindsHTS Member Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Mol….You’re an Army guy…team leader? I understand there are some perks for the military that join HTS. I know you have to waive any rights for promotion while in the program. Plus, aren’t you promised some sort of a job with the program once you return to stateside? Also, by deploying with the HTS, you don’t have to do a regular deployment with the military. Just wondering. Personally, I think the military can and have been doing this same concept for quite some time and much better than the HTS can or have been doing. In fact, didn’t McFate/Fondacaro take this concept from the military for mega bucks.
The training and hiring had nothing to do with the deaths..??? Are you kidding. You are kidding, right. Think about it. Michael was working on his last chapter of his dissertation when he made his last trip. Nichole was working on her dissertation as well. The training was so bad, Nichole, like many others, never even showed up to most of the classes. HTS management lures some people in by telling them they can get their PhD while in the program and work on their dissertation while in theater. This is so wrong in every aspect. Paula, she was such a sweetheart. However, like many in the program, she had PTSD and should not have been deployed again. Had HTS/BAE properly screened applicatants, there may not have been 3 deaths. Their “bad luck” was being part of a program that cares more about the $$$ than the well being of its members.
In my opionion, this concept needs to be completely turned over to the military.
I worked with a number of teams. Like I said, most are dysfunctional no matter how hard one trys to get everyone to work as a team….some just don’t get it. And the training….let’s be honest, it is a joke, a dangerous joke. BTW, many either hate the military or they hate the academics or they dislike the Arabs in the program. Many are in the program for their own agenda’s, just like Fondacaro and McFake. The HTS program is a farce.
