Posted on Jan 18, 2015
What is the ONE thing EVERY young Officer must know?
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There's been quite a few discussions about how clueless young Lieutenants (and Ensigns) are when they hit the Operating Forces (and we often are). Here it is: your chance to publicly and permanently record the one topic you think is the most critical for us to know when we step in at your unit. With some luck, maybe those young officers will read it here and have the epiphany they need privately and everyone will be better off for it.
So hit it: let all the experience of the RP community be brought to bear: immediately after commissioning what's the ONE thing every O-1 must know ?
(Just so no one gets hurt feelings, lets say you're telling this guy here-but before his promotion and deployment in the photo-I cant find any pics from commissioning.)
So hit it: let all the experience of the RP community be brought to bear: immediately after commissioning what's the ONE thing every O-1 must know ?
(Just so no one gets hurt feelings, lets say you're telling this guy here-but before his promotion and deployment in the photo-I cant find any pics from commissioning.)
Platoon Commander
Officer
Leadership Development
Junior Officers
Edited 11 y ago
Posted 11 y ago
Responses: 182
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Every young officer should be able to talk with people without being a jerk(and never forget that), know the value of doing every job you ask others to do by doing them in your first unit and become tacticly and technicly proficient of all aspects of your unit's mission and equipment. The only way to do this is to have your unit teach you - hands on. That includes privates too.
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Capt Richard I P.
LTC (Join to see) The "don't be a jerk" test is huge. Amazing how high a bar so basic a requirement can be sometimes.
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My father, a corporal in the Army, told me the day I left to The Basic School to listen to my senior enlisted... They are there to help and mold young officers... When you make a leadership call be able to back it up... Accept your mistakes
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Listen to your senior NCOs...they know more than you ever will. Eye and ears open, mouth shut.
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Suspended Profile
Your SNCOs are one of the best resources in your quiver of tricks.....use them wisely......what you learned in college they learned in life.
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Attach yourself to your nco in your platoon. Watch and learn. Ask questions ,learn your job and respect your troops. It is not about you ,learn to lead ,listen, understand your new to the military,you need to learn the ropes,not hide behide your bar which means nothing until you earn it.
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"While those who break the rules are trash, those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash"
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Listen to your NCO's/Petty Officers, not just senior enlisted. They have a wealth of information to share with you. Don't get in the mindset that your rank trumps experience.
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PO2 Frederick Deraney
Listen to the junior ranks and observe the senior ranks. I learnt this the hard way when I was an E-3 put in charge of a work detail of E-1s and E-2s. After that hard lesson of life, I started becoming a successful leader.
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Listen to your NCOs. They've been in longer. They know plenty. Your "college degree" does not make you smarter, wiser or more experienced. Ignore this, and you will burn. Oh, and shut up. You're fresh! Stop talking, and listen more.
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