The following essay is a compilation of my personal experiences, definitions, and examples of how responsibility and accountability are important to surviving in today's Army. Responsibility is increased when soldiers have a single, clear set of rules that apply to a specific event. When the guidelines are unclear, or when more than one set of rules seems to apply to an event, responsibility is decreased. Responsibility is: the obligation for the proper, custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. Being responsible in the US Army has got to be of the utmost importance in my opinion. Throughout the past few months I have been dealing with many problems physically and mentally,…
Dependability is a major aspect of military bearing. Without dependability, one can neither perform properly in the workspace nor be depended upon by their coworkers, or chain of command to carry out their military duties adequately. A military member is required to be punctual, and reliable. Lack of this in a service member not only hinders the mission of the command but of the entire NAVY.…
In this article the writer focused on personal responsibility and how it relates in the military, and how your actions can not only affect us but our families or the people around us.…
Continuing, it is also very important for any soldier to inform the chain of command of any locations that the soldier may or may not be able to be present at. In order for the military to be as successful as it is, it must obtain a well-functioning communication system. A good way to look at is like a connection. If a soldier breaks the connection, then the communication is lost and chaos will soon occur.…
The way that one lives, acts, and reacts to various situations; along with the level of accountability that they have for themselves within their general environment, are all characteristics that combine together to form the basic behavior of an individual. There are many qualities of life that can affect behavior, but experience is the most prominent. This essay will consist of comparing and contrasting the behavior of the military experienced and the non-military experienced group in an attempt to prove why the militaristic behavior is superior. This will be done through the examining of the characteristics of knowledge, commitment, and discipline to see the variances and the similarities between the two groups.…
Article 86 of the Uniform Code Of Military Justice. This Article covers appointed place of duty. That means from PT formation to COB that is where you will be. What a lot of Soldiers do not understand that includes appointments made by them or someone else. We have appointment times, SP times, formation times and many other start times that dictate we will be there. If a Convoy has an SP time of fifteen hundred hours and the Soldiers decide to show up late because they did not feel like getting ready on time people could die. If they rolled out on time, they may have avoided the ambush or avoided the V-bied that hit them in the bottleneck. It sounds extreme but time management plays a critical role in the Army. When you make an appointment that spot has been reserved for you. That means if you have been given the last slot someone else is going to have to wait for another one to open up. This could be one day or one month. And because you missed it someone else is still going to have to wait when they could have had that spot and been there. If you are going to miss the appointment or cannot make it due to mission they do allow us to cancel the appointment with in twenty four hours. The Army allows us to make appointments for whatever we need. Be it for a medical appointment, house hold goods, CIF, Smoking Sensation or whatever we need, all types of resources are available to us. But when Soldiers start missing appointments, the system starts to become inefficient. What a lot of Soldiers do not realize is that when they miss an appointment it does not just affect them; it affects the entire chain of command from the Squad Leader all the way to the First Sergeant. When a Soldier misses an appointment the squad leader must answer for the Soldier, the Squad leader must answer to the platoon Sgt., the Platoon Sgt. Must answer to the First Sergeant., and the First Sergeant must answer to the Battalion Sergeant Major. It is…
The people who work for you are being thrown under the bus when an appointment is missed. In my case, the people at the physical therapy clinic who work tirelessly to provide care for others that are injured, to get them back in fighting shape. By missing the allotted time all of the preparation and care to make me better was essentially thrown down the drain. A substantial amount of time was wasted that could have been used to benefit me or another soldier. I cannot reiterate enough, the selfishness of missing an appointment. All that was needed was a simple call, a common courtesy, for the situation to be resolved. By missing my appointment I basically told the physical therapy clinic that my time is more valuable than yours, which is very disrespectful.…
In the United States Army, military bearing is the root in which every service member practices in order to carry out good discipline and ethics throughout ones military careers. The Three General Orders of a Soldier, The articles of UCMJ, as well as our own Sailors Creed illustrates how a military service member should conduct himself or herself on a daily basis, on and off duty. Dependability is a major aspect of military bearing. Without dependability, one can neither perform properly in the workspace nor be depended upon by their coworkers, or chain of command to carry out their military duties adequately. A military member is required to be PUNCTUAL, and RELIABLE.…
Punctuality in a military environment is crucial as it enables tasks to be completed, and allows leaders to conduct accountability, PCCs and PCIs for particular operations. Also, depending on the severity or how often a soldier conducts the offense, being late can lead to UCMJ action. This essay will provide in some detail the benefits of being punctual as well as note possible consequences.…
As an opening I will be giving a short summary on the different responsibilities a soldier has and what I will be covering in this essay. The Army itself is a large responsibility that every soldier has. As I’m often told it’s the little stuff that really matter because all the little things amount to bigger things. Each and every soldier is responsible for their appearance, being on time, physical fitness and a good deal of other thing that form their responsibilities. It’s all these little things that help make up a good soldier. A single soldier can make a big impact on other soldiers around him. This impact can be for better or for worse depending on how the soldier presents himself. No one wants to see a bunch of raged bums in the army. Being in the right uniform, at the right place, at the right time shows a basic level of self discipline and motivation. As other soldiers take notice of someone doing these things it can help motivate them to further improve on themselves. However there is an opposite side to this. If a soldier is always late, in dirty or messed up uniform, or not at the right place it can influence others in a negative way. It can cause others to not to care as much about their responsibilities and loss of motivation. It is the soldiers’ responsibility to follow the guidelines set down by the Army regulations, NCOs, and officers appointed over them. During the course of this essay I will be going on a in depth explanation of the guidelines covering appearance, importance of rank structure, punctuality, and discipline.…
The United States Army is structured on several values and principles that it upholds, among these are military bearing, discipline and respect. These principles represents what the organization strongly believes in and governs the most basic customs and courtesies that all its members should abide by, otherwise legal repercussion and punishment is enforced that could ultimately result in separation from the organization.…
Proper Military and Professional Bearing, Order, Discipline, and Respect IAW AR 600-20 & FM 6-22…
There are many reasons that being to work on time is important, both in the civilian world as well as in the military. For civilians and military alike, being to work on time shows responsibility and it also shows that you care about your job. It also shows that you are committed to your job and to those you work with as well as you diligence and dependability as a worker. Arriving to work in a timely manner show your co-workers as well as your boss that you care, and that they, as well as your job, is important to you. Being late for work has many negative impacts on the workplace. Being late forces others to pick up any slack that there is that you should have been doing had you shown up on time. This may cause other worker to be less productive due to a lack of motivation and demoralization. This can set other things behind and disrupt daily activities for a smooth work environment. It also gives the impression that the worker who has failed to show up to work on time doesn’t think his job is very important. Your boss may see you tardiness as a lack of motivation to progress in your occupation and pass over when the time comes for promotion. Motivation is very important because it shows that you want to be in your workplace and you have the drive necessary to progress. Also, on the military side, soldiers can face negative actions under article 86 of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. This can lead to forfeiture of pay and even separation from the military. Adding to that, being late while you are in a combat situation can lead to missions being pushed back or even injury and death of other soldiers of your unit. The negative consequences on the civilian side are just as bad. You can be charged vacation/ sick days and even be fired for neglecting to be to work in a timely manner. Being late may also cause undue stress due to the fact that you would have to work harder to pick up the slack. Being late not only affects your own workspace, but may affect…
Not being at Specialist Hoblitzell’s door at exactly 2000 hours was a mistake in which this essay ensued. Therefore, I must correct the error in such this not possibly happen again. Such to be a single moment late invokes another task, of which to each be decided by Specialist Hoblitzell himself. Mere seconds count in the completion of the task, knowing at his door, every hour on the hour. The slipping seconds may transform into slipping minutes from the window of criticizable “Sanctuary.” Forward improvement is the key to everything, the key to unlocking better things in life. More time for relaxation, to be with family and handle and resolve any personal issues which may come forward. Timing is an important factor in everyday living, work, appointments, all things have a time, and a place to be, a right place and time. Being at the right time and place is paramount in any work system be it civilian, military, government or of anything else. If one is not at the right place at the right time, nothing can be done smoothly, everything becomes more complex. Any given task must have a timeframe, be it long or short, it must exist. Adhering to said timeframe to the greatest extent possible allows any given task to flow smoothly, and quickly. Despite the task given, to manage time effectively is to put forth positive progress. Such effort usually leads to reward, compliments and thanks. A deficient level of such effort would cause tasks to be more strenuous and take extended time and strain, separating one from their family for a longer period than necessary.…
“Right place, right time, right uniform.” I first heard that from and old First Sergeant of mine; and he said it regularly. Each piece of the sentence seems arbitrary, even self-explanatory, but for some it is difficult of to execute. This paper is going to briefly explain each of the three parts, with emphasis on ‘time’.…