On Leadership

[0699]

This was the same one that didn't run PT with the platoon because "90% of them are faster then me anyway", so she went to the gym and did aerobics instead.

Also the one that when the battalion XO would call, even when she answered the phone, would ask to speak to me. She came in my office one day and asked "Why does the XO always want to talk to you instead of me?"

Yeah, I still have issues about the whole situation...

 

[goon175]

Wow.... way to go "Ma'am"....

Luckily, my current CO actually does know the guys, and takes an interest in them. I remember one time I made an off hand comment about how I couldn't find any bratwurst in the grocery stores in my area, and it was a bummer b/c I really enjoy grilling out with them. A week or two later I drop by his office and lo and behold he has two packages of brat's sitting in his mini fridge for me. That's the kind of stuff that shows you actually care about your soldiers and are listening when they talk. If all you are doing is giving lip service to your soldiers, your doing both them and yourself a great dis-service.