Posted on Oct 29, 2015
Have you ever had a Company/ Battalion/Brigade Commander that would sacrifice his/her career for doing what's right?
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Example: Always reported maintenance statistics just as they are, didn't embellish OERs/EERs, etc.
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Posted 10 y ago
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My last two COL Commanders were that way and expected it from all around them. Both are wearing three stars now, so it works for many.
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had a few Company Commanders that had no problem telling it like it was. And, ironically, both were Combat Engineer officers. And both served as CC for the same company
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The one that sticks out most was the Battalion Commander. It was mid - late 90's and the AAV was long in the tooth but modernization didn't seem to be on the horizon. He made leaking torsion tubes a dead-lining criteria which essentially dead-lined the entire battalion. From what I understand he had to go dance on the Division's red carpet to explain why the battalion was non-mission capable and subsequently the Division was degraded (no ability for lift from sea to shore means no infantry going ashore). Although it was a miserable week or so of nearly round the clock maintenance rebuilding torsion tubes I think it is what helped get the funds moving toward what eventually became the RAM/RS upgrades.
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MAJ David Vermillion
This sounds pretty bad when an entire Battalion goes down for maintenance reasons, especially one person's poor judgement. I am there are many stories out there similar to this one. Thanks for the comment.
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MSgt Daniel Attilio
MAJ David Vermillion - The situation was bad but the call was right. The Battalion Commander put himself on the line to bring about change that had been needed for some time. Torsion tubes always leaked, nature of the beast. Once he made that a dead-lining issue it forced a more critical look at what the AAV needed in regards to modernization/modification from a lens outside the AAV community.
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I fear for what his OER said. The problem with the Military Officer's are that reports have more value than logic.
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We had a patrol that "happened" when the commander was ordered to after the platoon was hit really hard on the previous mission. Sometimes you do see commanders standing up and trying to protect Soldiers but it is hard to balance Soldier protection with balance of mission.
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MAJ (Join to see) I never had the opportunity to tell during my short time, but I once saw an LTC here on RP tell someone that he'd ignore uniform regs to wear his uniform to a friend's funeral because the family wanted it. I thought to myself, reading that, that he was a guy I wouldn't mind working for.
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I reported the lowest readiness rating because my unit had protection and communications shortfalls so dire I couldn’t live with it. Took three months for anyone to notice at my HHQ, then my Senior Rater had a come to Jesus meeting with me. Why he was pissed: I didn’t tell him first.
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Yes. C.O submitted a 500,000 flipl when conducting initial CSDP inspection after taking command. Was suspended from command immediatley for 30 days.
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