@joe
Active 5 years, 4 months ago-
brock.j.young replied to the topic NCOs and Officers in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
@Joe, excellent points and post!
You’re spot on with the fact that the NCO-Officer relationship must be built on a foundation of trust. Nothing else happens without it. A new officer needs to make an analysis of their NCOs and determine the level of trust he/she has with them (this says nothing with all the ways the officer needs to be earning…[Read more]
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michael-j-shepard replied to the topic Helping Soldiers with Non-Military Related Problems in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
I had a good number of these while in command.
For me, one of the biggest focal points was on treating the troops stuck in the middle of these personal problems more as people and less as troops in a very private, pressure-free setting.
I should note I always pushed the message of preventive action by NCOs. Our NCOs, whether at PLT or Company…[Read more]
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michael-j-shepard replied to the topic Transportation in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
Having been through OBC and CCC at Fort Leonard Wood, I can tell you that, unless you’re in Morelli Heights, which is the lodging right next to the school house, or you have some very understanding peers, you’ll need a car.
You’re not doomed to drive it to JBLM, though. As Joe noted, you can have your car shipped.
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ae_rollinson replied to the topic Books every cadet and 2LT should read in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
My recommendations:
– “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card (the level of self-reflection that Ender goes through is shocking because of how self-reflective it is a reader who is a leader. It’s an unsettling book to read, and that’s why I recommend it)
– “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon (especially the concepts of ‘do good work and share i…[Read more]
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brock.j.young wrote a new post, NCOER Duty Descriptions and Assignment Info 7 years, 2 months ago
When putting together evaluations for your NCOs, you want to make them as doctrinal as possible to ensure they’re progressing and are rated by the same standards as other NCOs across the NCO Corps. In order to […]
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gregory.a.benjamin2 started the topic Books every cadet and 2LT should read in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
As an ROTC APMS, my cadets have asked me numerous times about which military books they should read first. Before any other book, I tell them to read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. My reasoning is that since the Army is a people organization, they truly need to understand how to relate to and influence people (…[Read more]
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brock.j.young replied to the topic Counseling your PSG in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 2 months ago
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]