Posted on Jun 1, 2015
What advice, REAL WORLD, MISSION ORIENTED, advice would you give to new Leaders
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OK Career Gunfighters, You can give ONE, and ONLY ONE piece of advice to a New Leader of Gunfighters, right before his first deployment as a leader.
For Myself I would say: TAKE CARE OF YOUR MEDIC!, because Doc is Damn Sure gonna take care of you. Doc don't pull guard, because when you are copping Zulus Doc is checking feet and fevers...Doc don't dig his own hole, he don't need blisters on the hands that will start your IV. Doc eats FIRST, because he will spend 90% of that chow break making sure your NUGS and Privates are drinking water and eating something besides candy bars (I know this is YOUR JOB there Squad Leader, but Doc does it too, because he fracking cares). Take care of Doc, Help him carry his load, because most of his load, is for you and the platoon. One last thing, if your are still listening...Check Doc's feet once in a while, offer him a cookie from home in that box from your little sister, let Doc know he is part of the platoon, and is mis-assigned to HHC. Invite Doc to your platoon cookouts, and even to Christmas dinner if he is single. Take care of Doc.
For Myself I would say: TAKE CARE OF YOUR MEDIC!, because Doc is Damn Sure gonna take care of you. Doc don't pull guard, because when you are copping Zulus Doc is checking feet and fevers...Doc don't dig his own hole, he don't need blisters on the hands that will start your IV. Doc eats FIRST, because he will spend 90% of that chow break making sure your NUGS and Privates are drinking water and eating something besides candy bars (I know this is YOUR JOB there Squad Leader, but Doc does it too, because he fracking cares). Take care of Doc, Help him carry his load, because most of his load, is for you and the platoon. One last thing, if your are still listening...Check Doc's feet once in a while, offer him a cookie from home in that box from your little sister, let Doc know he is part of the platoon, and is mis-assigned to HHC. Invite Doc to your platoon cookouts, and even to Christmas dinner if he is single. Take care of Doc.
Leadership
Medics
Infantry
Platoon Sergeant
Platoon Medic
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My friend, when I'm humping with you guys, I am treated better than most hollywood diva's. I don't think most people understand the relationship between a dirt pounder and his Doc.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
Doc, ordinary Folks, and Soldiers that don't see dirt will never understand a 21 year old Medic that would take a bullet for 30 guys from the minute that he meets them, that will go head to head with anyone no matter the rank to try to save a life, and a thousand other things I could mention.
Medics must get issued something a AIT that leads to this.
Medics must get issued something a AIT that leads to this.
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It's something that you can't teach and something you can't describe SSG Roger Ayscue .
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One thing that I would tell all my new medics as they came to us from AIT is that when it hits the fan, if there is a casualty, that they are the one in charge. They tell the PSG what they need in order to take care of the casualty.
I had one soldier tell the company commander to stop F'ing around and get him a landing zone so they could evac a double amputee. The commander came to him later and thanked him for being blunt with no repercussions to the soldier.
I had one soldier tell the company commander to stop F'ing around and get him a landing zone so they could evac a double amputee. The commander came to him later and thanked him for being blunt with no repercussions to the soldier.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
Some are examples of what should be done, some are examples of what should be avoided.
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Listen to those older than you, they are full of advice and experience and have learned from the same mistakes you will make.
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SSG Roger Ayscue I couldn't have said it better. No one cares about Doc until Doc can't take care of you.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
I am walking today...working with Civil Air Patrol cadets, Working a job, and able to be a complete husband and father because a Field Medic knew exactly what to do. Doc is the angel on a grunt's shoulder.
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Manage expectations by being realistic about your platoon's cababilities and constraints.
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Accept nothing less than the best from your team and turn everything into a lesson to grow from...
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Two things CSM Bobby R Butler told me during my promotion ceremony and the latter about a week before when I was assigned to the Brigade Command Group on the Rock right before I became a Mechanized Infantry Squad Leader back in the old days (1980's). "Do not be afraid of your soldiers, be honest, be loyal to them, and do not let your leadership position go to your head, use it to get the job done...' ...'The Army has Leaders and first line leaders, not supervisors and managers. You are a leader, not a manager at McDonalds or Montgomery Wards. Think" CSM Bobby R Butler. Having been both a Squad Leader and Small Trucking Business Manager, that in my mind is still true today, you have leaders and you have managers, in the end, Leadership get's the job done because it brings the crew or squad together to accomplish a common task(s) and goal(s) to succeed. Whereas management, well, it is just there seemingly without a purpose and tripping over itself, talentless, with no idea what really needs done outside of a piece of paper or two. Just my view and experience.
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Do not confuse rank with experience. Sometimes an E4 might know more about a subject than the actual subject matter expert.
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