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As a senior leader in a chain of command preparing as a unit for deployment, when filling unmanned slots in your company by cross leveling from other companies, would you turn down a soldier that had been with you on the same mission in the past with nothing negative to speak of, or choose a soldier unknown to you or less experienced/qualified to fill that slot under the reasoning of "they haven't been, so it's fair"?
Deployment
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Posted 10 y ago
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1SG Healy hit it on the mark. Fully agree! If it was a known choice and the lesser known experienced Soldier knew he was being considered but not selected, I would call him in, sit him down and talk to him. I would let him know the reason I didn't choose him was not due to anything negative, and then explain the reason why I didn't choose him and selected the other Soldier (i.e. Experience; Qualified; Comraderarie; Famaliarity;
Also let him know that he should continue to train and learn; building on his experience and letting him know his time may come all too soon. Someone in the chain of command should let him know, plus you may have one pissed off experience Trooper to talk to once he finds out, you've choosen him....again! It goes both ways.
Also let him know that he should continue to train and learn; building on his experience and letting him know his time may come all too soon. Someone in the chain of command should let him know, plus you may have one pissed off experience Trooper to talk to once he finds out, you've choosen him....again! It goes both ways.
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I had to have this talk with some of m Soldiers who did not make the cut. I had to explain to them why and what they needed to do to get better and get ready for next time. Some of them took it pretty hard. But I know I made the right decisions, because I know my Soldiers.
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ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
I would bring the best person for the job.
And I did, when it was my turn to make those decisions.
I would bring the best person for the job.
And I did, when it was my turn to make those decisions.
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That's how I feel, the last mission was an imminent danger area. But imo not much danger, but with the AOR and possible scope of the mission I'd be picking the A-team so to speak.
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CPL (Join to see) and like @1SG (P) Jerry Healy I would pick the correct people for the mission. I would take the known over the unknown.
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