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A Leader. A Professional. A Mentor. Someone who has been given the extreme honor of being entrusted with the lives of Soldiers.
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An NCO immediately loses three words out of his/her vocabulary..."I" and "me" and "my"...and learns to get their arms around the "we" and "us" and "our" words. They take on their greatest responsibility...to train their replacements...and set the example for leadership, caring, and sacrifice. They learn the difference between a behavior problem and a character problem and act accordingly. They will stand for no character problems in their midst and will do everything legally possible to usher them out of our Nation's service. The NCO will always be squared away and five minutes early for anything. Their word is their bond. They will seek training, education, and diverse jobs to become an asset to their team, their organization, and to the US. They celebrate with robust moderation, they fight with fear, bravery, and resolve, and they sleep only when others are rested. The following day, they do it all again...a little longer, a little better, and a little more passion.
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1SG Bernhard Mattulat
Your comment should be posted on every units bulletin board. It's a reminder of why we accepted the responsibility of leadership. I just hope that one of "my" NCOs made it to CSM!
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1SG Bernhard Mattulat
Could not have said it better! We train for war and hope we never have to engage in it. We use our training in peace time to do those jobs that nobody can, or wants, to do. You are a "soldier" when you support the command authority, regardless of your personal feelings or beliefs. (Ask those soldiers who retrieved those bodies out of Giana, or took down Noriega, or kept air traffic moving when the PATCO members went on strike! Being a soldier is more than just pulling a trigger!
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