The importance of accountability In the army accountability is everything. The definition of accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. You have to have accountability for everything you do formation ceremonies to the items that you carry on you every day I’m going to give you 5 examples of when and why accountability would be very important example one having accountability of your soldiers if you are a NCO you always need to know
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Running Head: Accountability‚ Respresponsibility‚ and Respect 3 Essay on Accountability‚ Responsibility‚ and Respect Among military members and civilians alike‚ there are personal qualities that determine how you act professionally and also how you act in your personal life. These qualities also determine how other people view you and judge your abilities in both aspects previously stated. In the military‚ certain qualities are especially prudent because of the nature of the
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I have been tasked with writing this 1000 word essay on the importance of accountability of sensitive items within the military. The reason I have been assigned to do this task is due to my failure of being attentive and securing my weapon and having it with me at all time. I failed by leaving my M9 Berretta at home in my safe before I left in support of the Boston Marathon. I was told by certain individuals to leave it at home‚ but I failed as an NCO to ask my section leader on how to properly secure
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A Soldier’s Accountability A soldier of the United States Army has many values that are set forth in the “Soldier’s Creed.” The Soldier’s Creed states: I am an American Soldier. I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values. I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade. I am disciplined‚ physically and mentally tough‚ trained and proficient in my
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Property Accountability in the COE Course Summary 1 Property Accountability Course Summary Takeaway Introduction Welcome to the Property Accountability in the Current Operating Environment lesson summary. This printable takeaway will review many of the key training points presented in the course. Classes of Supply The Army uses a multitude of different items on a daily basis‚ each of these items falls into one of ten classes of supply. Commanders use the different classes of supply
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NCO’s. I did not lead by example. As a non commissioned officer I should have used better judgement. I can’t expect my chain of command to entrust Soldier’s to me if I cannot be accountiable for my actions. I truly regret not having better accountability of myself. I have caused work to be late due to the fact that I let my personal issues cloud my judgement. It will not happen again. I need to ensure that I always strive to do better and achieve all of the goals in which I have set forth.
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been charged to maintain their arms‚ equipment and self at all times. If they don’t‚ they could easily take themselves out of the fight‚ putting themselves and their battle buddies in harm’s way. This is called accountability. No matter if you are a Private First Class with an M-4‚ a Non-Commissioned Officer with a squad‚ or a Brigadier General in charge of a post‚ everyone is accountable for whatever is assigned to them. One of the things that makes our military strong is the fact that it can assemble
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Weapon Accountability 20140320 The date was September 14‚ 2012. At around 10 p.m. Camp Leatherneck was attacked by 15 insurgents. These attackers‚ organized into three teams‚ began an assault on the airfield of Bastion. While wearing U.S. Army uniforms‚ the attackers toted automatic rifles‚ rocket-propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests. While aboard Camp Leatherneck/Camp Bastion‚ they inflicted incredible damage to the air-wing. Destroying six AV-8B Harrier jets and damaging two others
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command on the progress of the order given‚ then the command has no idea as to whether or not the truck was dispatched‚ if there is an issue dispatching the truck or if something is wrong with the dispatch. Reporting is also used in when inventorying equipment such as; weapons‚ nods‚ sights and optics‚ magazines‚ ammunition and other sensitive items of high value. During an arms room inventory‚ a lieutenant comes in with a check list of all items that should be in the arms room. He goes through the rifles
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The purpose of this directive is to ensure proper accountability of sensitive items which include: COMSEC equipment‚ Night Vision Devices (NVDs)‚ Global Positioning Devices (GPDs)‚ weapons‚ munitions‚ and any other item designated by a Controlled Inventory Identification Code (CIIC). This equipment is critical to our war fighting capability and highly desired by criminal and terrorist elements. It is imperative that commanders and leaders at all levels of command manage the control of sensitive items
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