Basic Training in for a change?

I read an interesting article today on Army Times web site (click here) about the Army working to change the way it trains Soldiers in basic. In sum, it says training will become "outcome-based". What's that, you say. The way I read it, it means that instead of having a "process-based" training program which now is focused on meeting specific objectives such as passing a PT test or qualifying with a weapon with designated "scores", trainers will still teach necessary skills, but will become more flexible in determining whether or not a Soldier has "met the standards". The article says leaders in training will ask themselves "do I want this Soldier to fight along side me during combat, or not." If the answer is "no", then the Soldier will be recycled in training to get more training. If the answer is "yes", well I guess we'll have to rely on whether or not the person asking the question in the first place understands themselves what the needs of combat really are. Perhaps the Army will require all trainers, especially Drill Sergeants, to have recent combat experience. Anyway, at first I agreed with the general direction in which the new program is apparently headed, with certain reservations here and there. My mind initially compared what the Army has traditionally been doing when training its Soldiers (process-based), with the Standards of Learning (SOL) mess we have in our public education system. "Teaching the test" so to speak. But then, we don't ask high school graduates to leave high school, and the next day go into real live combat. Thus, after more thought regarding the Army Times article, I think there is much room for further discussion before any formal changes are made. Such as running it by those doing the actual training at places like Fort Leonard Wood. By "those" I don't mean anyone above the rank of Captain or Sergeant First Class. And then take heed of what's said, and make appropriate adjustments in that regard.