Marine Corps Accountability Essay

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LCPL Lafrinere 20171031 Importance of Accountability Accountability is the greatest and nearly everything in the Marine Corps. I will be talking about what accountability is, why it is so important to me and the Marine Corps, and how it could affect the people around you and I. If accountability was not stressed and not enforced by the leadership, as much as it is, the Marine Corps would be a mess. How, well let me tell you how. Marines of this great Marine Corps would be missing and unaccounted for in this great Marine Corps that we both love so much, people would not be able to find their gear for important operations, like our lovely field ops and the deployments we dream of one day going on, and nothing would ever be able to get done …show more content…

It is grouped by junior Marines being accounted for by one of the NCOs appointed above them, then that word being passed up. Accountability also refers to your personal accountability. Making sure that all of the gear issued to you is still in your possession as well as being responsible for your actions in and out of the work place. The importance of accountability is very simple. If Marines are unaccounted for their work will not be able to be completed. This will also take other Marines away from their work to try and locate that Marine. If you do not have accountability for your gear it will cause issues for yourself. You may not be able to do your job depending on what it is, you could have to suck it up and do without which could cause things to be more difficult on yourself, or it could hurt you financially if you have to replace that item. The major effects of poor accountability would be, work not being able to get done because you are not there to do it and other people are trying to find you instead of working. If accountability becomes a regular issue with a certain individual it could cause them a lot of paperwork, brig time, or eventually being separated from

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