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]

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.

Not a bug, but a feature request —

I see that we can subscribe to the Home forum page, but I’d love to be able to subscribe to a subforum like Staff Officers, for example, in order to get notifications for new posts in that subforum.

Second, I would like to also receive friend status update notifications in my box – maybe make that an…[Read more]

Howdy!  I’m Michael Shepard, YG08.

My background as a commissioned officer in Active Duty began with the Chemical Corps.  While there, I was assigned to the 22nd Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort), where I served as a company XO, CRT Team Leader (Platoon Leader equivalent), Battalion Assistant S3, and HHC Commander.  After the 22nd CM BN (T…[Read more]