What Traits Have You Learned in The Service That You Want to Instill in Your Children or Loved Ones? Login & Share to Win!

As a surviving spouse of a Navy Vet and a family history of relatives serving in military from the revolutionary war to now. Traits are Truth, Loyalty, Courage and Service to the greater good.

attention to detail

respect and honor

Punctuality, honesty, integrity, and always do your very best give it all you got and help your fellow man, because in the end you have to look in the mirror and know either you did right or be ashame and no your wrong.

Holding your tongue and researching before speaking.

The Old Fashioned Truths:
Leaders eat last -- show respect for those who work with you and who work for you. Those above you will take care of themselves

Mission First, People ALWAYS -- you have a job to do, unless you want to do it alone or do it over, take care of your people and they will do amazing things

Leaders are the servants of those they lead -

Loyalty is important, loyalty to those who work for you is invaluable

Don't compare yourself/your organization to others, compare your today against your yesterday. If you do better today than yesterday, and can say that 5 out of 7 times a week, you will soon be better than most of the competition and you will not get stagnant

Set Big Hairy Audacious Goals - it is better to strive for something that is just out of your grasp than it is to achieve a goal that is not challenge and then camp out on that accomplishment

Listen to as many voices as you have time to, if you are short on time, look for the voices that disagree with you

There is a lot more where these came from, but lets keep it to bite-sized pieces

Be on time!

Respect ,honor integrity and a since of mind that I will never give up as a soldier ,husband, father, and grandfather my wife and kids keep me going,and my grandchildren make me proud of the things I learned as a soldier.

Discipline was the most important thing that I learned. I also became more confident in myself. This confidence brought me to volunteer for Vietnam. I am 70 now and totally disabled, but I would volunteer again.

Duty to God, Country and Community.