Brock, it’s a challenge for sure. For me as an M-day commander I led from the front. I have an awesome civilian job with great compensation. I lose money when I come on orders, but I do it. Leadership from the front. I also made sure that volunteers are rewarded somehow. I was incredibly liberal with our state achievement ribbons.

IDGAFs are…[Read more]

I went to Sandhurst as my MIAD back in 2006 right before Cow year..  It was honestly one of the best training events I have ever done.  It was good, tough, realistic training. We flew into England were integrated into a company and then deployed to Canada for 2ish weeks of platoon and company operations.  I enjoyed the experience very much, and…[Read more]

If you are still looking for guidance on this let me know and I can e mail you the one I sent to my CO before arriving out of BOLC.

Fort Leonard Wood:

You’ll be put up in an IHG room throughout the duration of your stay. This goes for all three branches there (Chem, Engineer, MP). They are generally nice rooms, most of them mirroring a typical hotel room. House keeping comes in once a week to change sheets and vacuum and clean the bathroom. There are three different living…[Read more]