Personal Statement: Enforcing The Warrior Ethos

Leadership comes with great responsibility, I personally have never experience being a leader. However, I believe that I don’t need to be a leader to be successful, instead I am always willing to work hard with other people and achieve any goal as a whole(team). Although, I consider myself as a great problem solver, and also very responsible according to the effort I put in every little thing that I do. In the past, I have helped the leaders organize and help them to achieve a goal. I gave my hundred percent in anything I do.

I will interact with my superiors with respect, courtesy and a constant drive to carry out their

The very basis for my leadership philosophy starts and ends with the Army Values. I ensure each and every decision I make aligns with these core values. In 2007, after first pinning on Sergeant, I was in a position of limited leadership experience and charged with the health and welfare of three Soldiers. By utilizing past experiences and understanding the young Soldiers point of view, I developed the foundation of my Leadership Philosophy, the

Quite a daunting read, The Warrior Ethos by retired Marine Steven Pressfield, is a short, non-fiction book based off of the Warrior Ethos of the Ancient Spartan People. Although it is not probable that there will be another organization that comes remotely close to comparing to the Spartans, this book does serve as a good leadership tool for men and women who serve, but also for non-military members who are looking to upheld a set of values to enhance the purpose they're fighting for.

meet the mission is only the beginning. Compassion and dedication is a part of the

My leadership philosophy stems from my experience in the Army. As a leader, I believe in honesty, commitment, and respect for others. All responsibilities should be carried out in a timely manner. My main priority is the well-being of my Soldiers. My Soldiers can expect me a leader that is caring, dedicated, and upholds the standards.

Commanders set overall policies and standards, but all leaders must provide the guidance, resources, assistance and supervision necessary for soldiers to perform their duties. Mission accomplishment demands that officers and NCOs work together to advise, assist and learn from each other. There are two categories a Noncommissioned Officer’s responsibilities fall under: command and individual responsibilities. Command responsibility refers to collective or organizational accountability and includes how well the unit performs their missions. For example, a company commander is responsible for all the tasks and missions assigned to the company; his superiors hold him accountable for completing them. Commanders give military leaders the responsibility for what their sections, units, or organizations do or fail to do. NCOs are therefore responsible to fulfill not only their individual duties, but also to ensure that their team and unit are successful. The amount of responsibility delegated to you depends on your mission, the position you hold and your own willingness to accept responsibility. Individual responsibility means you are accountable for your personal conduct. Soldiers in the Army have their own responsibilities. Individual responsibility cannot be delegated; it belongs to the soldier that wrote the check. Soldiers are accountable for their actions, to their fellow soldiers, to their leaders, to their unit

The book The Warrior Ethos, by Steven Pressfield depicts the warrior’s mentality from ancient times to the present through a variety of different aspects and stories. In The Warrior Ethos, Pressfield states that men are not born with the certain qualities that make a good warrior, but instead are inculcated through years of training and indoctrination, stating at an early age. He goes on to show how different societies have been able to instill the same or very similar ideals throughout history while maintaining their own unique characteristics. Things have changed from ancient Sparta where parents would be enthusiastic about their children going to war, and even more elated

Throughout history our country has had many leaders. Whether you’re the leader of a business, military platoon, or the leader of our great nation you were withheld with the honor and trust to govern the actions and best interests of fellow Americans. But just because you have achieved the title of a leader does not by default make you a good leader. A good leader is a person who has risen above and beyond to show cooperation, perseverance, and respect to decisions made by those still above you at one point in time. “As a seasoned member of the military, you’ve risen through the ranks because you understood your mission and performed your duties with distinction. At this stage of your career, your most important contribution may be how well you take care of the service members and

I am a leader no doubts about it! I have been afforded the privilege to not only serve in the Air Force, but I have been given the awesome power of leading Airmen. I want to advance my leadership capabilities and become a commissioned officer. There are three ideologies that outline my potential to serve as a commissioned officer: Airmen and their needs are my number one priority, I am motivated Air Force mission, and I thoroughly enjoy and excel at being an Airmen and a leader.

As he sat by the huge maple tree, his he thought about the different guilds and how they might be like. What it might be like to be an apprentice to a scribe, spending long hours copying down scripts and painstakingly long hours of study, he shivered at the thought. He could not cook to save his life. Indeed, if he were starving in the wilderness with everything one would need to cook a five course meal, he would probably make a concoction whose chemical reaction would kill him the instant he swallowed it. Just his luck. No, the only thing he could imagine being was a warrior. The battles, the glory, the friendship and trust. Yet, for some reason that he knew not, whenever he thought of being a knight and a warrior, it seemed clouded, as if

This is a different sort of Pressfield book. Unlike the historical fiction genre in which he’s written such best-sellers as “Gates of Fire,” “The Afghan Campaign, and “The Profession,” “The Warrior Ethos” is the culmination of years of discussions Pressfield’s been having with Marines and others who were taken with the blend of courage-under-fire and humanity shown by Leonidas, Dienekes, Matthais, Gent, and the other characters in his books. “I wanted to give something back to our men and women fighting overseas,” Pressfield told Gazette, so I put together the best anecdotes and stories from all my research about the Spartans, Alexander's Macedonians, the Romans, and Rommel.”

Leadership is crucial part of today’s army and leaders play a huge role in the accomplishment of the mission. I believe this is true, because leaders are the guys who are in close contact with the younger soldiers. They are the ones who counsel the soldiers and make them better and make a plan for that soldier to improve and become a better soldier. Leaders play a major role in the accomplishment of the mission, because officers and higher leaders cannot be everywhere at once, so they need a person they can trust to lead the charge and tackle the mission the right way

Your key challenge in a leadership position is taking care of the Soldiers entrusted to your care. Soldiers are our nation’s most important military asset. The Leader who sends the message that Soldiers don’t really matter will generally not be as successful in the long-run as the Leader who is genuinely serious about taking care of his/her Soldiers.

Being a leader is like being the queen or king in a game of chess because you need to see how everyone can be affected so you need to make your pieces correctly. And yes, it is not as easy as it appears to be because you cannot take your own decisions yourself, you need to take into consideration what other people want. When my father came back from the United States, he came with great news that we could finally return with him and finally escape poverty. And yes, we did escape and came to live in San Bernardino, California where I attended school with better clothes never made fun at and also I made new friends and getting good grades. Then I join this