Everyday around the world, there are people suffering and relishing in getting their egos boosted and busted. Being an ego booster is the act of increasing one person’s or a group’s morale. Being an ego buster is the act of decreasing one’s morale. Being in the military, we experience this daily. Our peers increase each other’s morale through keeping confidence up and helping prove to the individual that they can complete a task that was unusual for them to undertake, and praising our peers’ accomplishments. Higher ranking personnel are normally ego busters for everyone. They deny you responsibilities that would normally be beneficial for you to undergo, they give you negative paperwork for completing outstanding tasks, and deny all actions
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I was also able to discreetly fix problems when I was given an order that would impair mission requirements. This would not have happened if my peers had not given me the confidence and fidelity to lead them from the front. At the end of the exercise, my peers and higher-ranking individuals saw that they would be able to grant me more responsibilities and trust in doing what is required to do in any situation. I was awarded again, from my Commanding Officer, with a Certificate of …show more content…
I was ecstatic knowing that I would be able to take on another responsibility that was required of a Sergeant. I informed my Sergeant and the information was routed up my chain of command. Upon not receiving any information, I assumed I was going to be able to fulfill the duties of Barracks Manager. I went to work the next day and got reprimanded for taking on a duty that was not of my rank, being too valuable of an asset at work, and not informing anyone in my chain of command of the position I was going to be holding. My Gunnery Sergeant stripped me of my keys and billet and proceeding to take out his frustrations on me because he had to fix the problem I created. I was upset because I knew I would have been able to complete my daily tasks and new tasks. It would also have been good to write down on paper to show others that I am capable of much
I was also able to discreetly fix problems when I was given an order that would impair mission requirements. This would not have happened if my peers had not given me the confidence and fidelity to lead them from the front. At the end of the exercise, my peers and higher-ranking individuals saw that they would be able to grant me more responsibilities and trust in doing what is required to do in any situation. I was awarded again, from my Commanding Officer, with a Certificate of …show more content…
I was ecstatic knowing that I would be able to take on another responsibility that was required of a Sergeant. I informed my Sergeant and the information was routed up my chain of command. Upon not receiving any information, I assumed I was going to be able to fulfill the duties of Barracks Manager. I went to work the next day and got reprimanded for taking on a duty that was not of my rank, being too valuable of an asset at work, and not informing anyone in my chain of command of the position I was going to be holding. My Gunnery Sergeant stripped me of my keys and billet and proceeding to take out his frustrations on me because he had to fix the problem I created. I was upset because I knew I would have been able to complete my daily tasks and new tasks. It would also have been good to write down on paper to show others that I am capable of much