Posted on Jun 12, 2018
Can I get some advice on NCO of the competition please?
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Having been successful with Sokdiers in my units I will share the same thing I told them. Backwards planning. Start with reviewing the last three years competition at Army level and walk that back you your BDE or Div. competitions. Study those areas and it will all come together. In factor that cannot be managed this way is the leadership factor. They will assess deeply your care and training of your Soldiers and their Families. Good luck and Thank you for your service.
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Going to CSM is good, but you would be skipping your whole NCO support channel..Talk to your platoon sgt and 1sg before you talk to CSM.
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Big Sarge ,
Talk to your platoon sgt and 1sg about getting an MOI for the competition. That way you know what to study. Stay up on your current events. Be confident. You got this Sarge....
Talk to your platoon sgt and 1sg about getting an MOI for the competition. That way you know what to study. Stay up on your current events. Be confident. You got this Sarge....
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Why? It is a waste of time, & effort to worry about trivial things that you cannot control. Pack your gear, check it twice. Study your material, make sure your blues are good and go do your best. Ensure you take care of the factors you have control over, worrying will only waste your time so leave that behind.
Source: I was the runner-up in this years best warrior competition for my division.
Source: I was the runner-up in this years best warrior competition for my division.
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Thank you for the feedback. Yea I was able to do everything mentioned but I got 2nd place. I learnt a lot though
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Just take that with you for future competitions, and use it as a source to inspire your junior soldiers. I love doing events like that because you can always learn so much and it allows you to push that information out to your subordinates to help them achieve and succeed. Congratulations on making second place defiantly not an easy feat ha-ha
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SFC Stephen King
SFC (Join to see) - Focus on your breathing and don't let things you can't control have control over you. Once an event is over don't dwell on it it let it go. Remember, Thoughts drive what Consequences (what you feel and do)
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LTC (Join to see) - SFC (Join to see) - Negative. Brother, going directly to the CSM is unsat.
Advice for calming down: first, calm down. You didn’t just get the order “affix bayonets, prepare to defend yourself”. You’re going to participate in a competition where even if you finish in last place, it’s still a competition to see who’s the best of the best. Calm down.
Second, relax. You know that you know the information. The map and compass work the same at the NCO of the year, as they did for NCO of the quarter. If you could do 90 push-ups in 2 minutes last week, you can probably do 92 push-ups next week. You KNOW you know what to do.
Third, start to think back to each event, and each time in the past that you successfully negotiated that event. You obviously did it well enough to get to NCO of the year.
Fourth, as stupid as it sounds, tell yourself that you’re the f*ckin man. I want the NCO of the year to be a confident, world beating, chest thumping, meat eating barbarian. After going through steps 1-3, step 4 is where you tell yourself that not only do you know your shit, but you ARE the NCO of the year. That’s why you’re in the competition.
This should be a daily process. And to prepare, I’d get with your first line, I’m guessing a SSG or SFC? Explain that you want to be best prepared. I’m sure that person will help you, get resources, or time to train from the 1SG, etc.
Indeed, your success will be a group effort. But go to your first line first.
And relax.
Good luck brother.
Advice for calming down: first, calm down. You didn’t just get the order “affix bayonets, prepare to defend yourself”. You’re going to participate in a competition where even if you finish in last place, it’s still a competition to see who’s the best of the best. Calm down.
Second, relax. You know that you know the information. The map and compass work the same at the NCO of the year, as they did for NCO of the quarter. If you could do 90 push-ups in 2 minutes last week, you can probably do 92 push-ups next week. You KNOW you know what to do.
Third, start to think back to each event, and each time in the past that you successfully negotiated that event. You obviously did it well enough to get to NCO of the year.
Fourth, as stupid as it sounds, tell yourself that you’re the f*ckin man. I want the NCO of the year to be a confident, world beating, chest thumping, meat eating barbarian. After going through steps 1-3, step 4 is where you tell yourself that not only do you know your shit, but you ARE the NCO of the year. That’s why you’re in the competition.
This should be a daily process. And to prepare, I’d get with your first line, I’m guessing a SSG or SFC? Explain that you want to be best prepared. I’m sure that person will help you, get resources, or time to train from the 1SG, etc.
Indeed, your success will be a group effort. But go to your first line first.
And relax.
Good luck brother.
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LTC (Join to see)
SFC (Join to see) - SGT, my recommendation to seek out your CSM is not to go over the heads of the CoC but rather to ask for help from other members of your Brigade. To me there is a time component here. You have X days till competition and Y amount of stuff you need to practice. You don't have time to kiss the hand of every NCO like SGT A. This is not about feelings. This is about developing a game plan and a strategy to win. You can work the physical stuff on your own. But I am fairly certain as a as a Ammo Dog in the CSSB at NTC you need some medical expertise to provide assistance, the same with a CBRNE guy as well probably from Black Horse.
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LTC (Join to see) - Sir, my recommendation to a fellow NCO about following the proper NCO support channel isn’t about kissing anyone’s hand. It’s about following the NCO support channel and how to best prepare to win the NCO of the year competition.
If he goes directly to the CSM, I would hope the first words out of his mouth will be, “well what did your PSG and 1SG say?”
Could the CSM make all those phone calls and arrange it all? Of course he could. But so can a SSG or SFC. And they should be the ones doing it. And then letting the 1SG and CSM know, “Ok, this is what we’re doing to get get SFC (Join to see) ready for the competition. If we’ve missed anything, please let me know. Also, he’s a little nervous. CSM, if you could take 10 minutes and give him the boom boom rah rah pump up talk, I’m sure he’d appreciate it.”
And frankly, that’s their responsibility. If the CSM started micromanaging like that, I’d expect the first line supervisor to speak with him. “Respectfully, CSM, that’s my soldier. I’m entrusted to take care of him every day. I was entrusted to successfully guide him through the competitions that got him to this level. Taking that responsibility from me now only unnecessarily increases your work load and unnecessarily degrades me in front of other soldiers.”
Going directly to the CSM develops the bad habit of going directly to the CSM. NCO business. Sometimes, it’s just better left to NCOs.
If he goes directly to the CSM, I would hope the first words out of his mouth will be, “well what did your PSG and 1SG say?”
Could the CSM make all those phone calls and arrange it all? Of course he could. But so can a SSG or SFC. And they should be the ones doing it. And then letting the 1SG and CSM know, “Ok, this is what we’re doing to get get SFC (Join to see) ready for the competition. If we’ve missed anything, please let me know. Also, he’s a little nervous. CSM, if you could take 10 minutes and give him the boom boom rah rah pump up talk, I’m sure he’d appreciate it.”
And frankly, that’s their responsibility. If the CSM started micromanaging like that, I’d expect the first line supervisor to speak with him. “Respectfully, CSM, that’s my soldier. I’m entrusted to take care of him every day. I was entrusted to successfully guide him through the competitions that got him to this level. Taking that responsibility from me now only unnecessarily increases your work load and unnecessarily degrades me in front of other soldiers.”
Going directly to the CSM develops the bad habit of going directly to the CSM. NCO business. Sometimes, it’s just better left to NCOs.
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