Posted on Jul 25, 2015
MSgt Matthew Meindl
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Often we have an opinion of a supervisors performance based on our own limited experience and no knowledge of performing in that rank/position. I have seen several that my opinion remained the same and many more that I gained much more respect for when my eyes were opened to that perspective/requirements.
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SSgt Carpenter
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I have a more sympathetic outlook, for sure. It bothered me as a PFC how little time my team leader spent with the team. Putting a SPC in charge of a detail and disappearing. I now know he wasn't just screwing around in the locker room, he was planning training, or writing counselings, or any of a myriad of other tasks, because I do many of the same things.
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CW4 Brigade Maintenance Technician
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Of course it did. You finally start to realize why your squad leader, Platoon SGT or 1SG did the things they did. Your scope of responsibility expands and you have to think for your team and for yourself. In the Army when you transition from SPC to SGT and obtain your first responsiblities as a Squad Leader, you will learn a lot about yourself quickly.
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CPT Aaron Kletzing
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Yes, I realized it was more difficult than most people assumed.
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