All good advice. I would add that counseling someone with so much more experience seems a bit overwhelming, but good NCOs want to be counseled. @logisticus, @michael-brodka, and @brock.j.young gave great advice about forming the counseling as a discussion instead of a formal event. I would also recommend asking your PSG what they think your…[Read more]

All good advice. I would add that counseling someone with so much more experience seems a bit overwhelming, but good NCOs want to be counseled. @logisticus, @michael-brodka, and @brock.j.young gave great advice about forming the counseling as a discussion instead of a formal event. I would also recommend asking your PSG what they think your…[Read more]

This topic was actually the one that drove me to the forums originally. Though I was a PSG at one point, I was never counseled as one. So when I was about to take a platoon, I wanted to do it right.

Like @logisticus mentioned, I would come at it like a two way conversation. Not only should you lay out your expectations and specify any areas of sp…[Read more]

Here is another one I did while in Cuba. It’s a heritage month event I was the OIC for.

When I was deployed last I planned and executed a battalion Hail and Farewell and wanted to be sure to pass along the products and information that I put together.

It is composed of the following documents/products:

Hail and Farewell Pass-On Instructions and Enclosure 1

Enclosure 2; IPR Slides

Enclosure 3; Example RSVP/Tracking list

Enclosure…[Read more]