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I am an E5 who's being transferred from a line company to our HHC to be an "Orderly room NCO" and have no idea what that entails or what I must do to prepare. Does anyone have information of how to prepare, and what I will be doing? (Already asked my COC and NCO support channel and was told to "Figure it out").
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The orderly room is basically the mini S1 for the company. It functions as the Hub between your company and the Battalion S1. You are in charge of tracking all the admin that passes between the Battalion and the company.
You should become very familiar with Excel and Word.
You should become very familiar with Excel and Word.
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I asked mine and he said "Just Bull$#!+ anything your told to do, the rest is on them" and I don't think that's a good idea.
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SGT (Join to see) - Like SSG Chartier said, seek advice from some of the other orderly room NCOs in your battalion. It can be a rough learning curve, but once you learn what needs to be done and when, you won't be pulling your hair out quite so much.
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SGT (Join to see) , Your duties will depend upon Top and the CO and if there are others working there already. I had been the Training NCO for A-Company at Walter Reed, but my "Company" had over 500 soldiers in it. We had a Training NCO and an OPS NCO, along with 1-2 junior NCOs, 1-2 junior enlisted and 1 civilian, all of whom required monthly/quarterly/annual counseling and rating.
I agree with SFC (Join to see) , your are the mini S1. I had to coordinate, schedule, and track all the military and medical training for everyone in the company. I had an Excel spreadsheet that had over 100 data points on it for each Soldier. I also conducted all APFT, weapons training and testing, CTT, SRP, PAI, CIP, etc. The OPS NCO assisted me with coordinating ranges, getting ammo and weapons (since we don't have them assigned to us because it was a medical unit), vehicle inspections for those going on leave, etc. I also had to coordinate, plan, and execute NCO induction ceremonies as well a Change of Responsibility ceremony. I had to produce monthly and quarterly training reports that were presented to higher headquarters either by myself or by Top. At times, I would sit in Battalion meetings for Top when he had other commitments.
The junior enlisted answered phones, logged and tracked leave requests, awards, passes and any other paperwork.
It was a lot of OJT so communication is very important. If you don't understand something, ask. BUT, you don't want to run to TOP or CO everytime you have a question. Use your critical thinking skills. When you do have to ask a question, you should have already researched it so you have an idea of what the answer is. If you see a problem, come prepared with at least a possible solution.
I agree with SFC (Join to see) , your are the mini S1. I had to coordinate, schedule, and track all the military and medical training for everyone in the company. I had an Excel spreadsheet that had over 100 data points on it for each Soldier. I also conducted all APFT, weapons training and testing, CTT, SRP, PAI, CIP, etc. The OPS NCO assisted me with coordinating ranges, getting ammo and weapons (since we don't have them assigned to us because it was a medical unit), vehicle inspections for those going on leave, etc. I also had to coordinate, plan, and execute NCO induction ceremonies as well a Change of Responsibility ceremony. I had to produce monthly and quarterly training reports that were presented to higher headquarters either by myself or by Top. At times, I would sit in Battalion meetings for Top when he had other commitments.
The junior enlisted answered phones, logged and tracked leave requests, awards, passes and any other paperwork.
It was a lot of OJT so communication is very important. If you don't understand something, ask. BUT, you don't want to run to TOP or CO everytime you have a question. Use your critical thinking skills. When you do have to ask a question, you should have already researched it so you have an idea of what the answer is. If you see a problem, come prepared with at least a possible solution.
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