Posted on Sep 19, 2015
Who Has Harder Job: Armed Forces or Police?
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Today (19 Sep 15) is National Thank A Police Officer Day, and it got me wondering about who has a harder job, the armed forces or the police.
We travel to foreign countries for 9 months or more on our deployments and come home, while their "deployments" are in whatever jurisdiction they serve and while they get to come home every night, their "deployments" never end.
What do you think, Rally Point community?
We travel to foreign countries for 9 months or more on our deployments and come home, while their "deployments" are in whatever jurisdiction they serve and while they get to come home every night, their "deployments" never end.
What do you think, Rally Point community?
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We shouldn't compare them. Both have their difficulties and their successes. Lets enjoy that we have people who would put their lives on the line for someone they don't know just because they believe it's the right thing to do.
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Both careers are extremely difficult and deserve way more respect than they receive. They are not comparable as far as which is harder, but very important.
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They are two different worlds.
As a sailor, I enjoyed the cycle. Pre-deployment training, then crew change (SSBN, Blue and Gold crews), patrol, then back home for leave, and back to pre-deployment training. The Army and USMC folks I see do the same cycle, perhaps longer in each part.
After my naval service, I've served in public safety for 40 years. For public safety folks, there is no "workup" - you are deployed all the time, except when you go on individual leave (vacation). What we lack is enough people, and enough time, to do training. If you are able to train, it is barely enough to keep the minimum proficiencies. There is little or no "going to school" to engage in career development - especially leadership development. We promote the best cops, firefighters, and paramedics to supervisor positions, and wonder why they have difficulty in their new positions. We need to have time and space to have the equivalent of NCO academies, career officer courses, etc. I shall continue to dream......
As a sailor, I enjoyed the cycle. Pre-deployment training, then crew change (SSBN, Blue and Gold crews), patrol, then back home for leave, and back to pre-deployment training. The Army and USMC folks I see do the same cycle, perhaps longer in each part.
After my naval service, I've served in public safety for 40 years. For public safety folks, there is no "workup" - you are deployed all the time, except when you go on individual leave (vacation). What we lack is enough people, and enough time, to do training. If you are able to train, it is barely enough to keep the minimum proficiencies. There is little or no "going to school" to engage in career development - especially leadership development. We promote the best cops, firefighters, and paramedics to supervisor positions, and wonder why they have difficulty in their new positions. We need to have time and space to have the equivalent of NCO academies, career officer courses, etc. I shall continue to dream......
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