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Why is it when we take over a new job we always say how bad it is? Why is it when a person leaves we wait to say how bad they were? I find it difficult that some things are as bad as we say. If so then either the chain of command was blind or did not care. Sometimes people sit back and wait for you to leave saw you were wrong but decided to say something after you leave to make themselves look better. It's like in politics we keep blaming the past; stop looking at the past and fix it. If it was that bad and your that good fix it and don't ask for praise. The actions will show. Sorry had to get on my soap box for five minutes.
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It falls along the same lines of 'what is the best unit'? Before you PCS it's the one you are on orders to.. once you get there it's the one you just left. Always the way it is. But seriously, in answer to your question, leaders (and peers) need to learn to be HONEST in their evaluations of their people. Bottom line, it does no one (to include the SM in question) any good to just ignore substandard performance.
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Personally, while I was serving on active duty if there was something that needed to be fixed while I was there it got fixed. I didn't give a damn if it was an old problem or a new one. My section chief would get his feathers ruffled on occasion, but once the problem was fixed he was happy with the end result. Yes, we butted heads, and probably way more often than we should have, but I usually came out on top. If I screwed up I owned up and took my lumps as should be. But that comes from the way I was raised. I knew my job and as a member of the E4 mafia things got done on the back channels with minimal problems. As the supply clerk everything that was laying around loose was mine, and anything that was nailed down but could be pried loose was mine as well. No problems.
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SPC Nancy Greene
Excellent share! When I was on Active Duty in Germany, I was a SPC4(P). I worked for a really nice, very inexperienced Second Lt. He was always telling me to do things his way. I had been in charge of Enlisted Promotions for over two years and he hadn’t even been on Active Duty that long. I always smiled and replied ‘Yes Sir! Then I returned to complete my mission the way I had been doing it ( in accordance with the regs). He never knew the difference, but the troops I supported knew that on the first of the month their rank and pay were ‘Squared Away!’
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I noticed in the latter part of my career I was given to lean new positions with different organizations. They wanted me to be productive immediately, but their is a learning curve. I ended up writing the DFAS in support of disaster SOP. I went to work with a large Alabama NG unit and wrote a DTS SOP.
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