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Originally Posted by wdc
In my time as an SFODA primary nco I met a few of these dissatisfied misfits and recommended them to support battalion to help them on their way. Now the beautiful thing about an EER is that they follow you FOREVER. Never accept this type of individual.
When I entered my first team room on Smoke Bomb Hill I was informed that the "Q" offered me an introduction. Then began my job performance which would be (and was) much more difficult.
Military careers are too short to waste time on prima donas. E's or O's. (WO's)
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I hear you brother, 'loud and clear'.
I loved the "Q", the challenges, the friends. I loved my first ODA even more.
This thread, which I had to read, again, from the beginning set me off, got under my skin and put me on my heels.
It was the PMs from our brothers sent this week that gave a sense of relief, when we concurred the "Q" was a learning lab preparing the new soldier with the skills needed. Our young brother who texted me today is the type we do want on our ODAs, trust me. He's wanting more, and I'm assuring him, it will come. He's demanding of himself, he's determined to be the best he can, and in that I'm confident SF will remain a palace for warriors to ascent to.
The prepared SF soldiers identifies all needed requirements for a successful mission. He then identifies his shortages. If adaptation is needed, he adjusts, right? Where else is one going to learn that in this army, today, if not in SF. My personal challenge was my inexperience in the army in general. I entered the "Q" as a PFC/E3, and graduated as a CPL/E4. While visiting a friend at Benning after my "Q" graduation, I entered the Pay and Finance Office for assistance and was confronted by the NCOIC, SFC/E7 who could not take his eyes off of my NCO development ribbon. He berated me for 15 minutes because I had completed BNCOC, at my rank. I felt helpless. I simply knew nothing about the regular army, having never been in a regular army unit.
It was the Tm S-1, who said, "Seperate yourself from the 'minutia', focus on the needs of the team, circle back and complete the details".
I had to look that "word" up. In perfect SF style, I identified my weaknesses and made them my strengths, 6 months later, I became the S1, he went to O&I.
There is a flow to this, I welcome this next generation of troopers.