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lorrainebower replied to the topic Chapter 9-12 in the forum Syracuse ROTC 6 years, 1 month ago
LT McDonough is in a position of leadership and has to act accordingly. Everything he does is held to a higher standard due to his position. PFC King carelessly triggered his M-79 grenade launcher towards LT McDonough and acted nonchalantly about the severity of his action. This was a critical moment for LT McDonough because this will set the tone…[Read more]
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lorrainebower replied to the topic Chapter 5-8 in the forum Syracuse ROTC 6 years, 1 month ago
Growing up, I was taught that “your first impression is always your last impression.” It matters how you present yourself, it sets the tone on how your soldiers and superiors will treat you and how they see you as an individual. He took the initiative to establish how to proceed the mission, something that his predecessor didn’t do at all.
“I had…[Read more]
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lorrainebower replied to the topic Chapter 1-4 in the forum Syracuse ROTC 6 years, 2 months ago
LT McDonough encounters several people throughout Chapters 1-4. The two people that stood out the most were the soldier that had the 173rd Airborne Brigade unit patch (pp.21-23) and Tom Rolfe (pp. 31-32)
The soldier with the 173rd unit patch was very desensitized to what he experienced, to the point that he was describing gory situations such as…[Read more]
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lorrainebower replied to the topic Syracuse ROTC MSL 301 Discussion: Professional Reading in the forum Junior Officer 6 years, 5 months ago
From what we discussed last week, reading is an important component of being an effective officer in US Army. As a graduate student, reading is pretty much all I do. My professors assign readings and we come to class prepared to conduct case studies and discussions. I do so much reading that sometimes I get tired of it. There’s a solution to that,…[Read more]
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lorrainebower replied to the topic Syracuse ROTC MSL 301 Discussion: Professional Reading in the forum Junior Officer 6 years, 5 months ago
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 13pt;”><span style=”font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #111111; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>From what we discussed last week,…[Read more]
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lorrainebower replied to the topic Syracuse ROTC MSL 301 Discussion: Professional Reading in the forum Junior Officer 6 years, 5 months ago
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 13pt;”><span style=”font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia; color: #111111; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>From what we discussed last week,…[Read more]
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