Posted on Jan 18, 2017
How do you deal with the soldiers/NCO's who hate Officers?
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I never ran into that in my career. Military SNCOs and Officers know when and how to talk out issues within the command.
One of my proudest times was a bunch of years after I retired, when I learned that a young Lieutenant that I had the privilege to mentor in his first leadership position, had been appointed to Lieutenant General in our Corps. I wrote him a letter of congratulations, with no expectation that he would remember me from so long ago. Boy, was I wrong!!! The letter I received back from him covered, in detail, the times that he felt I had shown him what a Marine SNCO should be like!!
One of my proudest times was a bunch of years after I retired, when I learned that a young Lieutenant that I had the privilege to mentor in his first leadership position, had been appointed to Lieutenant General in our Corps. I wrote him a letter of congratulations, with no expectation that he would remember me from so long ago. Boy, was I wrong!!! The letter I received back from him covered, in detail, the times that he felt I had shown him what a Marine SNCO should be like!!
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Never came across that on Active Duty or in the National Guard.....honestly.
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Cadet, listen to your NCO and you'll be fine. Make sure he or she has been in for awhile. That way you can receive the correct information and be successful. Ask any officer when you arrive at your unit, what did another officer teach him or her (nothing). Good luck
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Sounds to me like you're already biased against them, and think you're better or something. You're not, and if I'm right and you commission with that sort of attitude, you're going to have a LOT of problems. I hope to be wrong, in this case.
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SN Greg Wright I'm speaking on a particular case where I gave my opinion on a matter and perhaps past leadership made it seem like I would have been like my would be predecessor. In this case no, I plan to come in with an open mind with this experience. Where did it come off I said I was better or something? It's a pretty straight forward question where I chose to do some research rather than repeat the cycle.
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SN Greg Wright
CPT (Join to see) - I'm happy to be wrong, Cadet. Thanks for responding, and good luck.
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