Posted on Jun 1, 2019
Are junior military leaders actually using RallyPoint to gain insight and guidance?
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Just trying to figure out of RallyPoint is a relevant medium to mentor junior leaders.
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NCO Academy
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Executive Officer
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Mentoring, no. One liners for specific situations, maybe. The fact is that many of us have been outside the military culture for so long, we are not familiar with current regulations or expectations. While we more seasoned individuals can speak to our way of leading, we might advise some into a frame of mind that is no longer acceptable.
One thing has struck me. It seems as though many active people are ignorant of the basic rules and principles of their station and the rules of the game. Are the active leaders and staff not passing these things along?
One thing has struck me. It seems as though many active people are ignorant of the basic rules and principles of their station and the rules of the game. Are the active leaders and staff not passing these things along?
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It seems that this is what has drawn me to ask this question. For junior leaders in the military right now that feel like they are not being developed by their senior leaders, where are they going for that development?
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LtCol Robert Quinter
CPT (Join to see) - Hopefully, the best of those young leaders figure it out! While, as I said above, things may have changed to the point I'd be in jail were I on active duty, a smart and talented young officer with a certain amount of innate or self developed leadership capabilities can take the examples of past leaders (and I mean the legends, not particularly us) and modify them to satisfy today's expectations. The military is not the only place to develop leadership. A young person can be a leader in high school sports or organizations and modify the techniques used in the past toward successful military leadership. That drive and self motivation to find the key to leading both individuals and groups under the existing situation, be it combat or cultural is what makes the difference between the outstanding leader and the adequate leader who just follows what he was taught.
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I got a lot from reading through discussions to hunt down answers to questions I didn't feel comfortable asking my peers or superiors. At the first couple years of my officer career, I got very little mentorship, so RallyPoint was kind of like Wikipedia to me and worked as a good starting place to find the appropriate sources when I knew there was an answer somewhere, but had no idea what the relevant reg or location of the info I wanted might be.
I would suspect there's a lot of other junior officers using it much the same way I have as a research/reading resource and checking to see if someone else has already asked. Having an online forum where you can ask a dumb question or research an answer based on other's dumb questions is valuable, even if it's not the one-on-one conversation with someone who has a vested interest in your success.
I would suspect there's a lot of other junior officers using it much the same way I have as a research/reading resource and checking to see if someone else has already asked. Having an online forum where you can ask a dumb question or research an answer based on other's dumb questions is valuable, even if it's not the one-on-one conversation with someone who has a vested interest in your success.
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