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Army Leader Redefines how to Lead Soldiers with “Why” Five years ago, Chief Warrant Officer 3 William Woods embarked on a journey to change the culture of the Army and how leaders led soldiers. His vision of change began while he attended a course on leadership in organizations at the University of Oklahoma. Woods started by teaching leaders the importance of knowing their “why,” allowing them to inspire their subordinates to believe in the same cause. According to Woods, “when leaders…

enlistment, it has become apparent that my dream is to become an Army Officer. The responsibilities entrusted with Officership is constructed with Competence, Conduct, Commitment, and Expertise. Competence is derived within the second verse of the Non-Commissioned Officers creed. I believe the ability to successfully accomplish a task should be a core that every officer should abide by, especially in regards to the quality of work. Officers should never accept below standard work, even with…

The Corps of Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) has an essential and almost unique task of any profession. We must function as combat leaders, mentors to junior Soldiers, and subject matter experts in our particular field. This requires a constant participation in the daily activities of our unit and the Soldiers within it. Being combat leaders that are capable of leading Soldiers in a combat environment to achieve the wartime function. There are several factors which threaten the ability of the…

-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…

As a future office in the United States Army, the importance of cohesion throughout the chain of command is critically necessary in order to achieve the mission at hand. As an officer, the relation I hold with my noncommissioned officer counterpart will influence the successfulness of our training and operations. First impressions are of the utmost importance, and that first counseling session will set the stage between myself and my platoon sergeant as our first potential formal sit-down.…

commission into the Army as a Second Lieutenant and serve as an infantry officer. Knowing this, I have set out to gain a good understanding of what is expected of me upon my arrival at my unit. One way to gain this understanding is to continuously conduct interviews with the past and current members of the infantry branch. By conducting these interviews, I have the ability to learn a lot about what is expected of me and where junior officers have failed before. Thus far, I have conducted three…

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…

in school. I actually didn’t know what to expect or what I was getting myself into I was a clean sleight. I had no idea that AROTC was dealing with being an officer and all the roles officers played. Once enrolling I started thinking the words “Army Officer” meant nothing but paper and desk work. Later to find out that the words “Army Officer” has a much deeper passionate meaning than I thought. Over the years of training and talking to different Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, and…