The Importance of Skills in the Army

Some men cannot learn a three-figure telephone number by hearing it once. Some can learn as many as nine figures, the average is around six or seven. Men also differ in speed and accuracy of reaction - some truck drivers apply red brakes in 3 tenths of a second while others use up to 10 seconds for machine gunners. A soldier needs to learn rapidly, but also to be accurate at what he's learned. Both speed and accuracy are important in learning. But there are many military jobs which require other qualities than speed of learning. The army needs many men who can do these things. Slow learners tie up the training planes too long. Yet the armory cannot do without the slow