As a Battalion Commander, what would you like to see in a Lieutenant's introduction letter? As an LT, what did you put in yours?

First I ever heard of a LT doing an "intro letter" to their new Bn Cdr. Kind of apalled at the idea.

Fantastic question.

Waste of time. Don't do one unless specifically asked to. To your BC, just keep your head down and blend in. To your CO, report, then respond to his/her questions & guidance. Make yourself approachable but don't be too forward. With your PSG, should you start as a PL, just ask how you can help and what you can do to learn. Think of your first assignment as OJT or an internship.

Just my .02. As a 2nd LT I’m supposing your troops look at you as about equal to a new Pvt, they don't expect much, and especially not to make their jobs worse or harder to do. You can save the gung ho stuff right off the bat all you’ll just get is sideways looks. Your best friend is your Plt Sgt, he has all the experience that you lack, more than likely he also has the full respect of the guys under him. Your whole word includes your Sr NCOs and your Company Commander, that’s about it, you lead by letting the Sr NCOs lead and do their thing, when their in compliance of every aspect of day to day life you throw your weight behind them and they’re your go between with your Jr Enlisted. Your BC knows who you are, if everything is right under you your good, why’s he need an introduction letter, he has your jacket. You need to know something you probably don’t go to your CC you go to your 1st Sgt, close the door and ask, he has the experience to help you, and there’s probably not much he hasn’t seen.

SNCO's have a lot of experience. 2nd Let's need to keep that in mind.

LT introduction letter? Never heard of it.

what in the hell is an introduction letter????

Is this some kind of requirement? If it is, then I would just send a copy of my ORB (that is, in fact, your military resume... the DO still have ORBs, I hope??), and my cover letter would only say something like, "I look forward to serving in (insert unit name here). My goals for this tour are personal growth as an officer and to learn as much as I can from my fellow service members."

My second comment: If the army expects you to do this then: Keep it short, keep it simple, keep it real.

Back in my day we did not write letters of intro to the BN CO. I was a battalion XO and I spent about 12 years on battalion and brigade level staff. From that experience I would almost guarantee you that the BN CO or Bde. CO is going to had your letter to the OX with barely a glance at it. He has seen several LTs come and go. No letter is going to sway his judgement of you. So, keep it short, keep it simple, keep it real, or you will have the adverse effect of what you wish for.

(I can hear it now, "Who does this f***ing lieutenant think he is?", and that's not the way you want the BN CO to remember your name.)