Quote Originally Posted by Rank amateur View Post
Ever wonder if they told you that, so you'd be willing to take the blame when they mess up?
Rank amateur...

The mentoring I was referring to came from senior officers I respected...

I never once regretted the approach...

Once folks understand you are willing to step in front of the bus for them, they tend to work real hard so that it wasn't necessary (and when it was - they usually jumped to take responsibility for their actions)...

All this is not to say that an offending Soldier/NCO was not disciplined for doing stupid stuff, just that the vast majority of stuff can be handled internal to the unit (if properly led), and owning failings in your unit while informing CDR how you were going to mitigate the same failing again is usually gratefully embraced by leaders who are too often surrounded by "leaders" unwilling to own/police their responsibilities...

PJW,

You stated far more briefly and coherently what I intended to do so earlier... Why the "need" to set the record straight, those were his words...

Thanks,

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