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I am currently promotable and could very well end making cutoff this month and getting picked up for E5. I didn't think I would make it this fast(been in a little under 2.5 years) but I have been preparing myself to be an NCO. How do you look at NCO's that have not deployed in today's Army? Sometimes I think it will feel odd to be a SGT without a combat patch. Lastly what is the most important thing to remember when transitioning from junior enlisted to NCO?
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I am going to pipe in here on the last part of your question. Ther hardest transition to make is when you get promoted out of your peer group and then have to lead that same group of individuals. However you can make it easier on yourself by not forgetting where you came from. You may be an NCO now and not have to participate in all the work parties and what not but you are now assigning soldiers to these tasks.
The most important thing is to be firm but fair and most importantly consistant. You cannot show favortism or else you will lose the group that you are trying to lead. As far as the no combat patch and not deploying. well you don't really get to decide when and where you go and as always haters gonna hate so don't let it get to you. you have done something right in your 2.5 years to get promoted so keep doing that.
The most important thing is to be firm but fair and most importantly consistant. You cannot show favortism or else you will lose the group that you are trying to lead. As far as the no combat patch and not deploying. well you don't really get to decide when and where you go and as always haters gonna hate so don't let it get to you. you have done something right in your 2.5 years to get promoted so keep doing that.
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Roger that Staff Sgt. Thanks for the advice, my squad leader told me not to change who I was just because I get promoted. I always thought being a junior enlisted that if I was treated a way I did not care for by an NCO I wouldn't do the same to my Soldier's but definitely being fair, firm and consistent in the process.
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SSgt Gregory Guina
Unfortunately as an NCO you often have to ask your soldiers to do stuff that isn't fun you know you have been there. Just be mindful to ditribute the suck evenly as possible.
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If you think you are ready take it. Combat tours are winding down so it's not a show stopper. Believe me, there will be plenty to come. There are some I know with 2 & 3 tours in combat I won't not trust to lead others. Good leaders don't need combat patches to validate them your effective leadership should accomplish that. Keep moving forward.
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Just because you don't have a combat patch does not make you less of a nco. There is a lot of really bad NCOs out there with combat patches.
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