Officer Cadet

-SPC McDonald, I am providing you with your monthly performance counseling for the month of August. -As a 91B you have been performing above of what is expected of you. You have stepped up to take charge of services and your fellow soldiers when SGT Carrigan or SGT Aguilera are tasked with other jobs or details. You are doing a great job at it and do not think we haven't noticed. -Timeliness and Accountability: You have been doing excellent at being on time in the right uniform at all…

Human Resources Sergeant Effectiveness, rather than pure efficiency, is the key to the work of a professional. The role of the Noncommissioned Officer corps continues to grow more and more developed over the years. This is especially true as we continue to fight the War on Terrorism. With that comes the need for the Human Resources Noncommissioned Officer to be more professional, ethical, loyal, and adaptive. Possessing some of the following attributes: expert knowledge, trust, leadership,…

Professionalism and the Non-Commission Officer Professionalism and Soldiering are very unique qualities that all Non-Commission Officers must possess during their military careers while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The author of The American Heritage College Dictionary defines the term professionalism as the, “Professional status, methods, character, or standards of an individual” (1997, p. 1092). Hence it is very paramount, for Soldiers who serve as leaders in the military to…

disciplined and show this figure to others. If we loose focus as a Marine we sadly decline that and become to be a lesser than normal civilian. The discipline and the honor fades immediately. One example of this is disrespecting senior enlisted or officers in the Marine Corps. If a Marine looses focus and becomes a candidate to such wrongful behavior an NJP (Non-Judicial Punishment) will be implemented from our UCMJ (Uniformed Code of Military Justice). To name a few articles like Article…

I believe that the 4th ABCT climate is toxic and only getting worse. There are many instances where leaders did not work as a team. There were times where leaders used coercion, intimidation, and other unscrupulous tactics to garner compliance from Soldiers. Leaders feel as if independent thinking is discouraged. I also uncovered other tactics like hazing that break down the moral, and welfare of the Soldiers. After completing my assessment of the 4th ABCT I have discovered that significant…

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…

After analyzing the case and discussing the tensions with my team’s officer representative, we decided that protecting one’s personal honor and integrity should be what the division officer should focus on the most. Another topic that was brought up was the fact that since the sailors were in school, the blame cannot be put on them for not getting the work that needed to be done completed. Although it is essential to trust the senior enlisted in the division, in the constitutional paradigm…

What is a Sergeant and what is a Staff Sergeant? These two are both Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) a leader of Soldiers. They are both responsible for accomplishing the mission and the welfare of their Soldiers. They are competent and proficient in everything they do, technically and tactically. They must be fair and impartial when recommending both rewards and punishment. But of all the Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) rank, the sergeant has the greatest impact on the lower ranking soldiers. …

When we raise our right hand to take the Oath of Office, we bind ourselves to the ethical and moral principles of always telling the truth; taking responsibility for our actions; respect for the rights of others; commitment to duty; and keeping our promise to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. As a federal civilian employee, it is vital that we uphold these principles in order to build and maintain public trust. Taxpayers rely on the federal government not only just to…

Every leadership should have its own philosophy behind it. Also every leader should follow that in order to do their job. As a noncommissioned officer my job and responsibility is coming from these two short sentences, “accomplishment of my mission and welfare of my soldiers”. As I understand, my task as a leader is taking care of my soldiers all the time by mentoring, observing and comparing their ability by individual. Whenever we talk about leadership, this thought comes to my mind which is…