Posted by K Knight from Iqaluit NT Canada on November 26, 2021 at 21:33:27:
In Reply to: Re: Bachelor of Arts in Weekend Warrioring? posted by Dav Langstroth on November 25, 2021 at 19:41:14:
There should be an emphasis placed on the lowest levels of leadership training (LFC JNCO and PH II) upon the traditions and concepts that separate the troops from the officers. NOT in the traditional sense but in the sense that we all have very different jobs to do, and that by attempting to do someone else's job while allowing you're own to slide is unacceptable.
In all honesty the halmark of a good leader is selflessness. I have found that those officers and NCO's who are more concerned about THIER own welfare rather than that of the troops have been lacking. I have had officers that have been carried by their Warrants, I have had officers who have been 1/2 hr late for thier OWN O-Group, but the fact of the matter is that when push came to shove they stood up for the troops (usually cause they couldn't get any deeper in shit), and at the end of the day the pl functioned. I have also worked for officers who have been PT gods, Tacticians on the level of Patton who were absolutley unbearable to work for because they did not care about the welfare of the troops.
Prehaps the best way to but it is that the Army is a Unique organization, and more democratic in nature in a way. Certainly we have more discipline that the other arms of service, but this is to keep people from realizing the amount of personal choice that is inherient in land operations (particularily in the Infantry). You see when the Captain of a ship orders a course change, everybody on the ship makes a right turn at the same time. The tech working on the line in the Airforce, is actually fairly detached from the whole process he goes out fixes the airplane, the pilot gets in and goes off to war (and scares himself to death 'cause he never fired his cannon at night...). The soldier on the otherhand must make a conscious decision to take the next bound toward the objective.
This is why we must have good leadership in the CF at all levels. Anyways I'll shut up now.