Army Responsibility

Responsibility often plays an important role in the quality of a person's life. Being on time will show your employers that you are consistent and you can be someone they can depend on. It also shows you care about your job, and you want to be there. It also makes a good impression on supervisors. In turn, it will reward you in the future. Whether it range from a pay raise, or promotion. This in my opinion is my "definition" of responsibility. This goes parallel with independence, metaphorically speaking. Independence is also a part of being an adult. It means you shouldn't have to rely on others for support. To be independent it means you do what you know how to do in order to survive in the world. A soldier can not exceed in the United States Army, if he or she is constantly late or at the wrong place. A soldier who wants to succeed in the military and further himself or herself must go out of his or her way to get squared away on his or her place of duty. This concept goes is vital in the military and for any person in any career. If an individual can not carry out the one most simple and most important tasks of being a soldier, he or she will be considered a "dirt bag". This goes along with the phrase "We are only as strong as our weakest link". In theory, the military itself is allot like clock work. And nothing works right if a peace of the watch is missing the clock does not work. So being on time makes the clock work as a unit (as a whole). If a soldier goes above and beyond in just about everything he or she does but is not on time, than or she has failed at carrying out his or her orders. You can put in 100% in your job, but if you fail to care about other things such as being in the right uniform, right time, or right place, it reflects badly not only on yourself but on your chain of command as well. In simpler words doing and giving your all is always expected. No matter what opportunity is given. The United States Army's NCOs' set rules for a reason. An NCOs' sole purpose is to relay information to you. They tell you where to be and expect you to not ask questions or ask why. They expect you to be there. They tell you that you need to be on time, therefore you need to be on time and be where you are supposed to be. Your NCO is only trying to help you. It may not seem like it sometimes, or you may not believe its true when you are being punished, but they do care about you and your well being. They want what is best for you and the unit, they want to make a better leader in the future. This task was given to me as a punishment for my lack of responsibility. I truly do know the importance of responsibility and will carry on all my duties with top success. I believe if a person does their best and advances in the military, they become a better leader for them selves and being apart of the army. I don't believe in questioning a person's intelligence, I believe every soldier deserves respect as a person and it not lesson it based on the rank he or she wears on their chest.

According to the Army Field Manual, 6-22, all Army team members, Soldiers and civilians alike, must have a basis of understanding what leadership is and does. Leadership skills are of course the foundation of successful operations within the United States Military. That ability to train, prepare and lead men into combat has been a defining characteristic of our military for hundreds of years. The importance of leadership skills cannot be underestimated. The definitions of leadership and leaders address their sources of strength in deep-rooted values, the Warrior Ethos, and professional competence. National and Army values influence the leader's character and professional development, instilling a desire to acquire the essential knowledge to lead. Leaders apply this knowledge within a spectrum of established competencies to achieve successful mission accomplishment. The roles and functions of Army leaders apply to the three interconnected levels of leadership: direct, organizational, and strategic. Within these levels of leadership, cohesive teams can achieve collective excellence when leadership levels interact effectively. Since the revolutionary war, men have been dedicating their lives to the freedom of our country. These men were part of a team that received orders from leaders about how to tactically overcome the enemy of the day. Today's enemy is much harder to find, but the leadership needed to succeed is still easy to find. Within the ranks of the Army are thousands of men giving their best to lead soldiers. The oath and values emphasize that the Army's military and civilian leaders are instruments of the people of the United States. The elected government commits forces only after due consideration and in compliance with our national laws and values. Understanding this process gives our Army moral strength and unwavering confidence when committed to war. This country's leaders have been teaching about leadership for quite some time. As General George Washington expressed more than 200 years ago, serving as a Soldier of the United States does not mean giving up being an American citizen with its inherent rights and responsibilities. Soldiers are citizens and should recognize that when in uniform, they represent their units, their Army, and their country. Every Soldier must balance the functions of being a dedicated warrior with obedience to the laws of the Nation. They must function as ambassadors for the country in peace and war. Similarly, self-disciplined behavior is expected of Army civilians.

When speaking to officer candidates in 1941, then General of the Army George C. Marshall said, "When you are commanding, leading [Soldiers] under conditions where physical exhaustion and privations must be ignored; where the lives of [Soldiers] may be sacrificed, then, the efficiency of your leadership will depend only to a minor degree on your tactical or technical ability. It will primarily be determined by your character, your reputation, not so much for courage--which will be accepted as a matter of course--but

by the previous reputation you have established for fairness, for that high-minded patriotic purpose, that quality of unswerving determination to carry through any military task assigned you.

Soldiers need to be able to have faith in their command to do what is right for the soldier and the country. Command is about sacred trust. Nowhere else do superiors have to answer for how their subordinates live and act beyond duty hours. Society and the Army look to commanders to ensure that Soldiers and Army civilians receive the proper training and care, uphold expected values, and accomplish assigned missions

Having a "good" commander is vital for unit cohesion and success. In Army organizations, commanders set the standards and