Multiple Specialty Tracks

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Part of the WHOLE CAP approach dictates that units be flexible and have people who can slide into positions with ease due to a low degree of cross training.

I think you mean HIGH degree of cross-training. Honestly most of the specialty tracks a re a mess, due in large part to the diffuculties mentioned. That being understaffed equals many of those are not filled, certainly you don't mentor up/OJT under a person master rated & current in that field certainly not that also has a background as a trained instructor - it may happen once in a blue moon, but that's not the norm. We also don't have standardized training to go w/ the OJT/mentor block, nor an outside career field manager like you'd see in the military or business world to oversee everyone in that field. Say you're talking about personnel, you'd think that responsibility falls on the Gp & Wg personnel officer, but they are busy being personnel officer for that echelon & not overseeing every unit Sq personnel officer as they progress in the track. It seems like those are simple solutions that could make a world of difference if applied in a Wg.