Vanessa,

I think Brock hit the nail on the head. Ask him what is a MQ officer? The next question you need to ask is , “Am I a MQ officer?” Now, your senior rater will not be able to answer that at your initial counseling, but I would ask that question every time afterwards. It is an incredibly difficult question to ask, but we as leaders get paid…[Read more]

Chad,

I just posted a Brigade Resilience, Risk Reduction, and Suicide Prevention (R3SP) SOP I put together a couple of years ago, that contains a couple of BDs for Soldiers deaths, suicides and attempts.

https://juniorofficer.army.mil/arng-brigade-resilience-risk-reduction-and-suicide-prevention-r3sp-sop/

Take a look.

Brock

Vanezza,

Ray and Brock both brought up excellent points. A fun/different way of approaching this question would be to ask your Senior Rater , using five single works, what qualities he/she expects of a junior officer. This is a unique way of asking about his/her expectations of you, IMHO. Good luck!

Micah

@vanezzaospina,

Absolutely great question. In addition to Ray’s advice, I would ask your SR what, in their eyes, is the difference between a Most Qualified versus a Highly Qualified officer.  What does that officer look like? Is it more additional duties? Is it taking part in MWR/community events? Is it mentoring peers and others?  Is it no…[Read more]

BLUF on briefing in general; “Be seen, be brief, be gone.”

I’m a staff guy currently, so when I put a meeting together the first thing I do is sit down and consider “is this meeting needed,” or can I deal with this one-on-one or via email? I’m a firm believer that 50-75% of the meetings we have aren’t required and are in fact a symptom of…[Read more]

BLUF on briefing in general; “Be seen, be brief, be gone.”

I’m a staff guy currently, so when I put a meeting together the first thing and sit down and consider “is this meeting needed,” or can I deal with this one on one or via email? I’m a firm believer that 50-75% of the meetings we have aren’t required and are in fact a symptom of something…[Read more]

There are so many facets and levels of responsibilities to this topic, that it’s hard to talk about just one without at least touching on them all.

Leaders responsibilities. Like @patrick_d_moore1 stated, leader responsibility starts with ensuring all under your charge (to include yourself) know and understand DoD and local regulation and p…[Read more]