Becoming A Successful NCO

In conclusion, the Marine NCO is to provide guidance, display courage, and influence Marines, young and old. As a Sergeant of Marines I am the liaison between junior Marines and my SNCOs, the Sergeants task is greater than that of any in shaping young Marines. Not only does a Sergeant have to hold himself to the highest standard possible, he must also hold his Marines responsible, because after all he is charged with guiding those Marines not only professionally but also through day to day life. If there is anyone in the Corps you can turn to for advice, guidance, or hard work and determination, it should be the Marine

No matter if you stay in for one enlistment or two, the depth of the Marine Corps is unknown so knowledge will continuously flow and it is endless. All Marines get taught the basics of being a leader in entry level training, but only a few can react to help form their trait into an elite skill only for them. In order to become the elite you have to build a "Foundation of Values" (pg.31) so that respect in all aspects will become evident between the followers and their leader(s). While setting the example it does not matter what rank you are, you still show that the standards that you hold will reflect on who you are as a person and a Marine. Each Marine chooses how their standards and ways will become beneficial not only to the Marine Corps, but to themselves also. Why do ethics make conducting a moment of decision making so hard? At some point and time every Marine will come to a point in their career or life where the grey area will be the path they choose, but will not think that it is the right way. Moral and ethic dilemmas are common more and more each day. Every Marine is taught to be the toughest both physically, and mentally.

The Marine Corps does two things: make marines and win our nation’s battles. Winning battles depend on how well we make marines. Those who have earned the title have been polished and honed by attentive mentoring. We have to remember that to sustain the transformation

The Marine Corps. Demand alertness at all times. Building the Marine’s confidence and teaching them the attitudes of group loyalty and

The Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Corps needs help in the promotion process or the future of the NCO Corps will be in danger of having well educated NCO’s without job-related experience. It has automatic promotions for lower enlisted soldiers, letting them get promoted without knowing military or job-related items. NCOs’ can get promoted in the current process without even doing their job as long as they know how to get by a promotion board. NCO’s only had to memorize some regulations, field manuals, and a few Creeds to pass a promotion board. The promotion boards do not even ask job-related questions to see if the NCO knows anything about his current position. The current promotion process uses a points system and holds soldiers back from getting promoted. The point system is broken down but puts too much emphasis on certain areas which have nothing to do with their current position. This current promotion system has to change just like the way the military is asking NCO’s to change and become more civilian-educated.

SSgt Diaz, words cannot describe how much I agree with you on this post.  I believe one of the biggest issue in the Marine Corps is the ability to be humble.  From all levels, there are Marines who believe their way is right even if an idea that presented in front of them could ease a process or that is much safer. There has been countless times to where I have run into Marines who have this type of mentality and seeing the Marines they lead that are miserable and they want to get out of the Corps because of this.  We are all taught to have a sense of pride in what we do, but sometimes we must step back and see the big picture in order to fulfill the mission.  In order to do this, we must be humble and be willing to take the good, bad, and

As I begin my journey as a RRNCO (Recruiting and Retention Non-Commissioned Officer) there will be many obstacles that I will have to overcome to be the best recruiter I can be. I want to be able to give others the same opportunities the National Guard offered to me. I was not always supportive of the military, but in the end I owe all my success to the time I spent in the Army National Guard. Throughout this paper I will be showing different statistics or demographics of the high school I feel is the most important school I need to focus on. When I start to look at the school year, I have to devote certain time and effort, so I need to develop a school program that will help generate leads and referrals. By conducting presentations about the ARNG (Army National Guard) on such topics as the role of the ARNG, state/federal missions, features and benefits, employment opportunities and ARNG history.(NGR 601-1 2-18(f)) My yearly plan will be broken down month by month. This school plan will help me build and sustain relationships throughout the FY (Fiscal Year). The soldiers I enlist will be joining the Ohio Army National Guard.

The United States Marine Corps holds its Non commissioned Officers, or NCOs, to a higher standard than any other service. In the Marine Corps an E-4 in the Marine Corps can be a collateral duty Inspector. Corporals in the Marine Corps can be trusted to verify that a part is ready for issue to be installed in multimillion dollar war assets, such as the F-18 or EV-8B where the safety of the pilots and those on the ground are in the hands of the Corporal collateral duty inspector. We Marines see the title of NCO as a sacred title. The amount of responsibility that is given to the rank of Corporal can be underestimated if you do not keep a smart leadership mindset. Corporals are expected to be beyond reproach, in their actions both on and off duty.

The evening news is filled with stories about war and conflict, that’s happening throughout the world. The U.S Marine Corps is involved in those conflicts and are supporting America’s global interests. My father is a colonel with of 50 years of serve in the Marine Corps. He works every day to ensure the Marine Corps is prepared to carry out the missions that his units are assigned. This paper will discuss and explain Col Garcia’s roles and responsibilities as a Col in our nation’s most reveled military service.

From the day I met my recruiter, I took the first steps into the transformation all young men and women must undergo as they start their journey to become a United States Marine. This process cannot be achieved in one day and must be continuously reinforced. From the unit leaders to the newest Marine in the unit, all Marines have a role to play in sustaining the transformation. Throughout this paper I will go into further detail on the different ways of how my unit fails and succeeds at sustaining the transformation, and what I can do to guide my subordinate Marines to success. To be able to successfully sustain the transformation you must instill the unit’s history and sense of mission, practice drill, be a family oriented unit, have a good sponsorship program, assist in cohesion and unit obstacles, and finally instill discipline.

While in a Marine Infantry unit you will have a multitude of personnel assigned to your command and with you. These Marines come from every walk of life, all fifty states, and even different countries. This means you will have different religions and differences in culture mixed in. In a combat situation, there is no place for indifference. Through leadership you must teach them that there is no difference between the religion or culture, all Marines are green despite color or creed. It is through rigorous training and exercises that comradery and unit cohesion is built. One such example my unit went through was Advanced Urban Combat Course short version is called (AUC). This course is three weeks long of shooting and communication

From the birth of the Marine Corps Marines have found themselves operating in various environments from North America to Asia. Days of fighting a clearly identified enemy in conventional warfare have given way to adversaries using irregular weapons and tactics in irregular warfare. Operating against irregular threats can pose many issues; to be successful, Marines must apply leadership traits – specifically, Marines must be sure to develop their knowledge and judgement. The remaining leadership traits can be used to bolster knowledge and judgement. Irregular threats have proven themselves to be dynamic and complex.

When you first see an individual you can tell how they are by posture, speech, and demeanor. An ideal marine has confidence in their posture; they know that everywhere they go they must confidently take pride of the uniform he or she represents. Even out of uniform you should be able to tell a Marine apart from everyone else. Intellectual speech, a Marine can positively influence others by their intellect and assertiveness. He or she should be able to persuade others to do better and be better. The Marines demeanor is one that can threaten the enemy but inspire a young child. We are an unstoppable strong force that will bulldoze anything in our way. Motivating, unselfish, confident pieces of hard work is what we are. We take positive risks for things that are better for the greater good. Someone who people can instantly tell that they can achieve anything is what a Marine is. As a junior Marine I look at higher ranked individuals that have those characteristics and learn from them. I am a motivator and have a lot of determination to be that ideal marine. I feel that I am already halfway there but there is always room for improvement. As long as I strive towards that image I feel that I will completely fit that mold of an ideal U.S

While it may be OK to redirect soldiers on a task or mentor them on their actions, jumping right into the NCO role, as a WO, is not advisable. Doing this will devalue your subordinate leaders and possibly create tension and lower morale. At one point or another, I am sure we have all seen the negative effects of a micromanaging leader. To avoid this we can rely on our NCOs to take our orders and apply them to the tasks needed to accomplish the mission. While the basic role of a WO is not too decentralized from the soldier a good NCO should be at least elbow deep in soldier issues. It is the responsibility of the NCO to directly monitor, control, and motivate their Joes. I have had some awful commanders in the past, but the 1SG was usually able to shield us from a lot of the garbage that was pushed down on us. This can be true for any level of NCO from a SGT all the way up to a CSM or the CSA. A good NCO will not just shield the soldiers from bad officer decisions but counsel the officer as to why the decision they are making is not the

Set the example. Know your Marines and look out for their welfare. Keep your Marines informed. These are a few leadership principles we must follow as Marines. My units fault in sustaining the transformation, and my strive to maintain it will consist of trying to fix these aspects that we have ventured from, a negative environment, overworked, and prolonged unnecessary field ops are some of the key factors I will address.