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brock.j.young posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
First time at Fort Jackson… Not a bad place.
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ae_rollinson started the topic Professional Watching List in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Today I was asked for input on my unit’s Professional Reading List. Passed around to all leadership, it was about 5 pages of book titles, authors, and descriptions that senior leaders in the unit felt assisted with professional development of leadership and tactical competence in the unit’s mission. Naturally, that got me wondering …
My…[Read more]
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ae_rollinson replied to the topic Student to Lieutenant pt.3 in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
I’m curious on other’s thoughts on their in-processing experiences with other BOLCs. I also wonder how much of this is specific to the post you experienced BOLC at versus other posts.
So! I’ll start off about Fort Jackson for AG BOLC. I don’t remember too much about my in processing at BOLC (being a few years ago), except that my leave form…[Read more]
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ae_rollinson replied to the topic 2LT to 1LT Promotion in the ARNG/USAR in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Love this post, Brock! Thanks for clarifying a confusing and/or complicated process in simplest terms.
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ae_rollinson replied to the topic HQDA Policy Memos in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Can you clarify more on the policy you’re looking for, what’s the specific question you’re trying to answer? Also, have you reviewed Joint Travel Regulation (edition FY15)?
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brock.j.young started the topic 2LT to 1LT Promotion in the ARNG/USAR in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Knowing HOW you get promoted, helps you understand the process and know whether or not you’re on track or not close. There are differences when you start getting up in rank; unit vacancies, promotion boards, etc., however for the 2LTs out there, the process is fairly strait forward.
For ARNG 2LTs, did you know that you are eligible for promotion…[Read more]
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brock.j.young posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Just had my findings for a $10k FLIPL investigation totally ignored… The former Soldier is going to get a rude awakening come tax time. Sometimes you just have to salute, do an about-face and move out smartly.
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brock.j.young posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Time well spent; getting another branch. This next two weeks it will be AG (currently at the HRMQC).
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ae_rollinson replied to the topic JO Talent Management (Feb 2018 JO Jam) in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
I’m curious – how do people use these resources in the execution of their TM responsibilities in their organization?
Do you take notes on your Soldiers after having a “personal relationship” conversation with them? Do you pass around “TM books” or hold a “LPD book club”? Do you talk about articles discussed in “professional affiliations”…[Read more]
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brock.j.young replied to the topic Everything We Do Is Training… How do you make it so? in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Ah “When everything is a priority, nothing is…” Both the most obvious thing we battle as leaders, as well as the most prevalent.
I agree. There is MORE that goes into it, however we have an issue within the Reserve Compo, and that issue is the simple lack of time. I have seen instances when a SPC learned something at a course, and because there…[Read more]
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brock.j.young replied to the topic Introduction to ARNG: seeking resources in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Honestly, it’s taken me 19 years in the Guard to understand it, and I’m learning something new everyday.
The additional sticking point with “the Guard,” is that there are also 54 different versions of how to do the same thing. Some smaller states have less red-tape; some states have more JAG involvement then is really needed; some states just do…[Read more]
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brock.j.young started the topic Everything We Do Is Training… How do you make it so? in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
“Everything we do is training,” says MG Haskins, Commander, California Army National Guard, and mentor from my days as an aide.
It’s a pretty strait forward notion. I mean, OF COURSE everything we do is training. If we’re not training we should be executing our mission. However what does that really mean?
To me, it means giving Soldiers ample…[Read more]
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ae_rollinson started the topic Who's more important – your Soldiers or your unit? in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations! You’re just been assigned to Staff and are starting to crank away on your new job – new tasks to learn, new people to meet. But, then you start to see a small divide, a difference in the way that you’re instructed to treat your Battalion versus how to treat your Soldiers. Maybe it is when the BN is released early, but your…[Read more]
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brock.j.young posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Beating head against rock… You can lead an LT to knowledge, but you can’t make them learn.
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brock.j.young replied to the topic Staff Community Radio Check in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
In today’s complex environment, a leader can’t afford to only serve in key positions. They NEED those broadening assignments, that’s why they’re called BROADENING. They increase an officer’s perspective, knowledge, experience, and tools that they have at their disposal in order to be better leaders. I heard it said once that “there are no more…[Read more]
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ae_rollinson started the topic Staff Community Radio Check in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 4 months ago
Hello, Staff leaders! My name is Mandi and I’m the new lead for the Staff Community. Â I’m incredibly excited and honored to step into this role.
As an AG officer, I have spent most of my career on staff at various unit levels, and for most of that time, this space here that you’re reading this on, this staff community, didn’t exist! Â That d…[Read more]
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