Posted on Dec 26, 2013
What is rewarding about your current position or about being a leader?
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All the branches of the military are engaged in this site and I am curious to see what it is about your job or position that you enjoy, love or find rewarding.
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Posted 11 y ago
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Being a Team Leader in the rank of SPC is a rewarding challenge, because I got to learn to be a leader not by the rank but my position and I still have a lot more to learn about leadership.
I enjoy to lead my team by example in every task or mission, I see some Team Leaders in the rank of sergeant that task their soldiers and only supervise and do not put hands on the task or mission, I enjoy to go out there and work hard with my team even if it is a detail about police calling the parking lot or motor pool.
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SPC(P), "when in charge, take charge".. You have a higher level of responsibility being a Specialist in an NCO position. I was never a Team Leader, but as a Squad Leader, I enjoyed it very much and learned the a lot about leadership. I learned that you have to lead by example and it sounds like you are doing that accomplish tasks with your Soldiers. When I first became an NCO, I had a CSM give me a hard copy of FM 7-22.7 The NCO Guide. I read that FM a million times, I would suggest you read it, absorb and apply it. Keep up the great work!!
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Being a 1SG is the second most rewarding job I have ever had next to being a Drill Sergeant. I am at the center of everything coming in my unit and going out. One of the greatest responsibilities managing personnel in a company of over 300 personnel is both exhausting and humbling. What I have enjoyed about being a HQs 1SG more than a rifle 1SG is the mix of MOS'. I have learned more about maintainers like yourself, medics, support soldiers, and how to utilize the staff to accomplish my commander's missions.
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I can't wait to become a 1SG, I would imagine that role is very rewarding. I can definitely understand why you said its exhausting and humbling. I believe being a 1SG is one of the most challenging positions out there. You deal with EVERYTHING and work really hard to shape an organization to become better. Thank you for your input 1SG!
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During my last tour to Iraq in 2006, I served as the Company Personnel NCOIC. In that position, I was responsible for a lot of things but none more rewarding that ensuring that the Soldiers who were working so hard to ensure voice and data communications remained solid, was making sure their day-to-day stuff was squared away. I enjoyed organizing the R&R Leave and Passes and took a lot of time to ensure that if a Soldier had a special event going on back home that I got that SM back home in time. I wasn't always successful in doing that but I sure as heck tried.
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Company Orderly Rooms and PAC Rooms are the heartbeat of an organization. Their job is tough keeping everything on track for 1SG and Commander. It is rewarding to ensure peoples records, leaves, and data is squared away! Thanks for the input.
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SGT Ben Keen
Yes it was and working for my 1SG at the time wasn't exactly easy. He worked on perfection and expected everyone else to strive for that as well so you had to be ready to answer any possible question he might have about a certain report. But because of that I learned a lot of things and thankfully those skills translated into the civilian world.
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1SG's are very meticulous about their PAC section because s/he knows that is their lifeline and all products leaving their company is a reflection of them. I have had those perfectionist 1SG's and mixed well because I am exactly like that! Glad you are applying those skills to the civilian sector and are successful because of it.
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