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Well sir, just finished my first semester of ROTC. I'm starting to see how things written in that book fit in with the subject of leadership. Now that it's Xmas break I'll give it another read. One thing worth noting is that having read "The Mission, the Men and Me" and "Once an Eagle" gave me some interesting viewpoints throughout the semester. As an ms1 I'm not yet in an official leadership roll, but I do try to positively influence those that are, and I can see how using the main character of "once an eagle", and the author of "the mission, the men and me" as rollmodels throughout my time in ROTC and possibly while working as an officer could benefit me and those I may influence. Im in a pretty unique situation in that I'm a paramedic with 5 years of field experience in a busy area playing the roll of the guy in charge at an emergency; directing my partner, a fire crew and cops when they feel up to it so sitting back and being micromanaged by 19 yearolds on an FTX took some getting used to but I do see the value in letting them experience what it's like to be responsible for a group. I think I'm droning on here but basically the books recommend here have helped me out so far and anyone reading this who's in a leadership position or anyone aspiring to be should add these books to their own training curriculum.
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