Just my $0.02, but this sounds like the standard complaining that troops and sailors love to do. But I understand it, and I agree with some of it. You're correct, the off-duty safety training doesn't stop some guys from going out and being idiots, unfortunately. And the more they act like idiots, the more commanders are going to direct said training. It's the easiest band-aid for brass to slap on a perceived problem, and it gets worse the higher the rank. Being (and making) good deckplate leaders (or whatever term the Army uses) is a lot harder. But I've been in units which had great leadership, and the "BS" training was a lot less frequent, so it's not a completely blind system.
On the subject of packing too much for field training and detachments, I can only speak from the experience of being in a seagoing Navy unit which packed up EVERYTHING. Every. Time. We. Went. Out. It got REALLY old, but FWIW, if we were deployed unexpectedly "for real" at some point (which can and does happen during workups), we would have been happy to have all our sh!t along for the ride. Obviously Army FTXs are different, so I can't be a lot of help there.
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