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E-9 - SGM
Posted on Apr 29, 2018
What's the most important thing you are looking for in a senior leader (Brigade Commander and above)? What do you need them to do for you?
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So, despite my best attempts to submarine my career by being unusually candid and using colorful speech in public, I have been selected to command a brigade. I haven't received a letter telling me that they made a horrible mistake yet (which should be coming in the mail any day now), so I want to know what NCO's and junior officers are looking for. What do you expect? What are the things that "The Old Man," just doesn't understand?
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Brigade Commander
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Posted 3 y ago
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Be bold, courageous, and forthright with troops and fight for their rights and ensure families are cared for after member dies, get killed or become unable to no longer perform
SGT Philip Roncari Capt Dwayne Conyers CW5 Jack Cardwell SFC Craig Dalen MSgt Danny Hope SGT Jim A. SSG Trust Palmer COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SFC A.M. Drake SGT John " Mac " McConnell TSgt Dawn Premock SGT Damaso V Santana LTC Stephen C. SFC (Join to see)Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SFC George Smith SSgt (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT
SGT Philip Roncari Capt Dwayne Conyers CW5 Jack Cardwell SFC Craig Dalen MSgt Danny Hope SGT Jim A. SSG Trust Palmer COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SFC A.M. Drake SGT John " Mac " McConnell TSgt Dawn Premock SGT Damaso V Santana LTC Stephen C. SFC (Join to see)Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SFC George Smith SSgt (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT
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I'll do my best SMSgt Dr. G. A. Thomas. If things get to fighting in the Sinai, we've got some big problems. Hoping that I will get some comments from some of the junior folks that, "us old guys," can't relate to. ;)
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Be a "WE" leader. Tell your Brigade WE are going to...
When your troops are in the right, back them 100%, even, if necessary against higher authority.
When your troops are wrong, be firm, fair, and even-handed in your punishment.
Back the families. Let the wife/husband of your troops know that you are concerned about the whole soldier. (But help them to understand that the mission MUST come first.)
DO NOT institute an "open door" policy as such. Get out of HQ and visit them, on a routine basis.
When your troops are in the right, back them 100%, even, if necessary against higher authority.
When your troops are wrong, be firm, fair, and even-handed in your punishment.
Back the families. Let the wife/husband of your troops know that you are concerned about the whole soldier. (But help them to understand that the mission MUST come first.)
DO NOT institute an "open door" policy as such. Get out of HQ and visit them, on a routine basis.
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