Pat,

Good question. Add variety and use assessments. First, PT becomes boring and monotonous if you conduct the same events over and over. You won’t see much progress if you don’t vary your program. Second, don’t do PT for the sake of PT. If you want your Soldiers to improve physically, set benchmarks and assess their progress. Don’t let the APFT…[Read more]

Pat,

Empower your NCOs to create a plan that fits their Squad/Team. You pay them to lead so make them lead their Soldiers, especially at PT. As a PL, your job is to ensure your leaders are challenging their troops and making them better. Also, like any plan, double check it and make sure it makes sense. If a squad is struggling with their run…[Read more]

Pat,

Empower your NCOs to create a plan that fits their Squad/Team. You pay them to lead so make them lead their Soldiers, especially at PT. Allow them to create a plan that best fits their squad/team. As a PL, your job is to ensure your leaders are challenging their troops and making them better. Also, like any plan, double check it and make…[Read more]

Davis,

That article discusses some pretty relevant traits. Be willing to learn, help the team anyway you can, be a great follower, and remain positive in the most arduous circumstances. @abclark is absolutely right. Your peers will earn your tab for you. In my experience, the individuals who failed their peer evaluations had problems…[Read more]

Davis,

That article discusses some pretty relevant traits. Be willing to learn, help the team anyway you can, be a great follower, and remain positive in the most arduous circumstances. @abclark is absolutely right. Your peers will earn your tab for you. In my experience, the individuals who failed their peer evaluations had problems…[Read more]

Greg,

Great question and I appreciate that you mentioned a book that is outside of the military realm. Another book that was influential was Jim Collins “Good to Great”. My favorite line in the book (and one that I stole for my command philosophy, “All companies have a culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of…[Read more]

Greg,

Great question and I appreciate that you mentioned a book that is outside of the military realm. Another book that was influential was Jim Collins “Good to Great”. My favorite line in the book (and one that I stole for my command philosophy, “<span style=”font-family: ‘Times New Roman’,serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ‘Times…[Read more]

Yes the Army will pay to transport your car to your next duty station. Also, although it is difficult you can get through BOLC without a car, but I would not recommend it. As an officer and a leader I would expect my LT to show up to any duty station with his/her own transportation.

If you need help, USAA makes it easy to secure a car loan and…[Read more]

Cho,

Great question. I agree with a lot of what has been said in here. The way I counsel my NCOICs at any level is we just have a talk. We talk about my expectations, there expectations, and where we envision our unit going forward. After we had that informal talk, I would put everything we discussed on paper to make the counseling formal. By…[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]

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]