Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Louis Moeller shaped me into the Recon Marine I wanted to be and the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) that I am now. By embodying the Recon Creed and always setting the example, he made me want to be an NCO that my troops would look up to and want to follow. Even when not in charge he was constantly the one peers and junior Marines alike, turned to for guidance and inspiration. To this day, I still find myself asking “What would Louis do?” when confronted with a leadership dilemma
some of the leaders I have had made bad impressions, most have influenced my life positively. Throughout the years I have been in the U.S Army, one particular leader has helped me develop into the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) I am today. I am Staff Sergeant Eric Duty and I would not be the professional I am today without SGT Buchan’s leadership. When I joined the U.S Army I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. Once I arrived at Fort Benning, GA for Basic Training, I noticed that most
character is by doing what I need to do for my job. Officially and unofficially. I... ... middle of paper ... ...d their machine gun so that the barrel would point at him. The barrel got snagged on a limb and shot offset from Staff Sergeant Murphy. Staff Sergeant Murphy lobbed a two hand grenades on their position. The grenades killed four and wounded three. This action earned him a silver star. Days later he took a SCR436 radio and about 46 meters towards where the Germans were while they
I have worked under, as well as various commanders. It is my hypothesis that the leader who will most affect one’s career is that first leader who spends the time to mentor the young Soldier. The leader who had the most influence over me was Staff Sergeant James M. (J.J.) Johnson, Junior. He was not the best NCO in the world, but he was the consistent NCO in my world. I met him at my first duty station, Operations Company, U.S. Army Field Station Korea (OPNS Co., USAFSK) in September, 1983. He
Having the rank of Sergeant or above they earn that right of respect, because that rank is not given to them. They literally have to earn it by going to Basic Leaders Course and go and standing in front of board members between the ranks of Sergeant First Class, Sergeant Majors, and Command Sergeant Majors to get there promotable status. As a Non Commissioned Officer they are trusted with the power to be able
The United States Army has been a leader in military prowess on the world stage since its inception in 1775, and with such a record, it is reasonably assumed that there must be solid foundation within the organization working to maintain the high level of performance. The Noncommissioned Officer Corps is one institution within the Army that serves as a large portion of this foundation that makes it the fighting force that it has always been, and the noncommissioned officers have been an integral
his soldiers, peers, and leaders to exceed their potential. In this paper, I hope to convey the lasting legacy one such leader left on me and to demonstrate the qualities he exhibited that inspired me to become a Noncommissioned Officer (NCO). Staff Sergeant (SSG) Daniel Minahan made a significant impact by motivating and inspiring me at a formative time in my career. SSG Minahan was the standard by which I measured myself and other NCOs by. His influence has guided me through my career as I have
back to the Continental Army; who were the appointed leaders? They were plantation owners or prominent My packet went through Squadron review and then to Brigade for final approval. My packet was rejected at Brigade level by the Brigade Command Sergeants Major (CSM). The CSM’s cited reasons were, for ratings of zero in two categories on my leader’s evaluation. The categories were; Works in a Higher Grade Position and Performance of duties in a Higher Grade Position. (Attachment 1) My 1SG’s ratings
The Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Survey Teams find out information on an enemy target in order to defend the country against the threat of CBRN weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Army has drastically evolved in terms of the Chemical Corp. Today there are multiple units around the world that operate in Survey Teams. The two most popular units in the Chemical Corp are Technical Escort Units and Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments. There is much confusion about what the
Echo Flight Dakota Meyer Dakota Meyer was born on the 26th of June, 1988 in Colombia, Kentucky and raised in Greensburg, a small town where alcohol sales are illegal and farm work is the most popular work. After his parents were divorced, his dad raised him on a farm next to his grandparents’. His dad was a farmer and Dakota helped out and learned how to be a farmer himself over his high school days. According to him in an interview he “was not a model student”, as he described foolish happenings
"The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life-to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity." In 1972, the American poet Archibald MacLeish wrote these words in the Harvard Law Review. In 1997, I read these words. At that point, the challenge and lure of the law crystallized before me, and I now see the ideals of MacLeish's vision as my own. MacLeish envisions the law as providing a sense of possibility
the Eagles, a game that he continued to love throughout his life, second only to poker, and most recently, the lottery. He enlisted in the Air Force on July 30, 1940 and was given the opportunity to become an enlisted pilot with the rank of Staff Sergeant Pilot . His membership in the Army Air Corps Enlisted Pilots Association gave him great pleasure and just last month in Austin he and his buddies refought the war at their bi-annual reunion. You’ll be very pleased to know we won again. He was
Malcolm Gladwell once said, “...people who are outliers—in men and women who, for one reason or another, are so accomplished and so extraordinary and so outside of ordinary experience that they are as puzzling to the rest of us as a cold day in August.” The author, Wes Moore, of the book, The Other Wes Moore, is considered an outlier through the “Gladwellian” lens based off of Gladwell’s book, Outliers. Wes’s story demonstrates objectives that define him as an outlier with the contributions of
my mind when I initially signed up. One minute I am saying goodbye to my wife, then the next I am landing on a runway in Afghanistan. As a signal soldier I felt so unprepared and under trained for the mission ahead but I wasn’t scared. My platoon sergeant, an Infantryman of
the top of the Army rank structure. Being promoted to the rank of Sergeant First Class was a major accomplishment. As a senior non-commissioned officer, I felt I had arrived and was perfectly content on retiring at this rank. That is until recently, when I realized the possibility existed that I could become a First Sergeant, the highest ranked non-commissioned officer in the company. Achieving the goal of becoming a First Sergeant will require a series of events to take place. In order to illustrate
This has to be done at least 15 to 30 minutes before forming so that the team leader can report it to the Platoon Sergeant in due time and the soldier is not marked down as “FTR”. When a soldier is FTR, he is usually held accounted for with a verbal counseling or a written counseling. The purpose of this accountability formation is mission readiness; to know with how
What would you do in order to survive? I quickly learned what EOD members needed to survive as the worked under dangerous conditions. Yes, I worked alongside the Army’s elite bomb squad, EOD.His shirt was silly but I quickly after learning about the EOD I learned what the t-shirt was truly about. EOD’s language community is about the need to survive After serving a 12 month tour in Korea, I was anxious to embark on a new adventure back in the U.S.I checked my email for orders nearly everyday waiting
SSG Suarez Army Story So there I was in Tijuana, Mexico trying to get my life together, trying to figure out how to make it better and a better future; while watching tv I came across of one of the Army comercials and decide to go al talk to the recruiter went online to look for the address, 2 weeks later I went back to the states and to the recruiting station, I walked in and nobody spoke spanish and my english was not good at all, but it was SSG Flores that he spoke spanish; I talked to him and
the Supervisory Staff Administrator (SSA) position supporting the 327th Quartermaster Battalion. Throughout the last eight years, I have had the opportunity to work in a variety of positions within the U.S. Army Reserve and Department of Defense that have prepared me for this potential assignment. As a Human Resource NCO, Unit Administrator, and Staff Administrative Assistant, I have provided administrative, medical, and pay support for the S-1. In my current assignment as the Staff Operations and
flows ( Liebler and McConnell, 2008, p.53). A healthcare department manager must have knowledge of the job functions, job descriptions, and how those relationships impacts, authority, chain-of-command and communication. As a Wayne County Sheriff Sergeant, the organizational jail chart reveals the decision making process in terms of, (a) major functions,(b) relationship of functions, (c) channels of supervision, and (d) lines of authority and communication and positions( by job titles) within the