STP 21-II-MQS
Military Qualification Standards II:
Manual of Common Tasks for Lieutenants and Captains
This is a quaint little
manual produced by the
US Department of the Army and is in the "
Soldier Training Publication" series of
printed matter. This basically is one of those "
Complete Idiot's Guide to Being an Officer." There are a
series of manuals all like this, that come in a nice,
OD Green /
Camoflage pattern cover.
It covers
tasks under every possible
school, from
Air Defense to
Military Police to
Transportation. It dummies down a task to pretty much anything from how to "
Protect Classified Material" to "
Supervising Unit Response to a Chemical or Biological Attack" (Which I find amusing, considering
how much Unit there
is after a
Nuclear attack). Some of the tasks they explain to their
Officers are even downright demeaning... Including "How to
Read a Message."
If you ever need to know how to "Explain the
Army's Training Philosophy", go to your neighborhood
Army Base and pick up a copy of this
handy manual. Since it's
Distribution Restriction is "Approved for
public release; distribution is
unlimited",
you,
Mr. Joe Civilan, are allowed to read it too. This was last
updated in January 1991.