damn charlie why oh why tell him about signing for stuff,now some supply sgt cant fuck him...arg also as per sop you hit it on the nail. shit what did he have at iobc legs? my god just the other day i had one of my lt's who retire as a ltc see me at logans and say thank you for a great 16 weeks . this clown should bow to you and count his blessing's.. what a booger eating moron he is..CHCB wrote:I wonder that you dismiss IOBC so blithely as outside the realm of military experience, since it provided you with 4 months to learn the rudiments of your trade.
Congratulations on graduating Ranger school. At the rsik of being boringly repetitive, I'll tell you the same thing I told one of your RS classmates a few days ago:
Face the sobering thought that the lives of a platoon of young Americans are about to be placed in your care. If you don't mind, here are few words of advice from a former new platoon leader:
-For you, the tab is just the ticket that gets you to the ball. It's not going to impress your men very much as a result. The same applies to the EIB and the Jumpmaster course.
-Keeping your mouth closed and your eyes open most of the time is a really good idea. You are the newest man in the platoon and the company. You don't know their SOPs, you don't know their strengths or their weaknesses.
-Don't be in a hurry to make friends with your peers.
-Soldiers can smell bullshit from 10 miles away. Within reason, they'll respect you more for admitting ignorance than trying to blow smoke up their noses. Your commander will be less tolerant of ignorance.
-You have to know YOUR job, AND your subordinates' jobs AND you should be making a stab at knowing your BOSS's job. You show me an officer who says he knows everything he needs to and I'll show you either a liar or an idiot. You are learning ALL the time.
-If you haven't put your hand on it, don't FUCKING sign for it!
-If you don't sub-hand receipt it, wear it, or lock it up in your own locker, you're going to buy it (eventually).
About that sobering thought of having the lives of a platoon of young Americans put in your care...I don't think I can express in words just how costly a leader's fuckup is in combat. when I led my platoon over the berm I was filled with uncertainty, and I had had 12 YEARS to prepare myself. Keep that in mind whenever you think you've got all the answers.
Again, congratulations. Now the real learning begins.
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