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The NCO and the Officer...
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The essence of the Officer/NCO relationship is best expressed in this story...
An old major, a veteran of long service and some hard campaigns, was giving some officer candidates a practical exercise in how to lead troops. The problem involved putting up a flagpole. To do this he provided a sergeant and a detail of three privates with tools. It was up to the officer candidates to figure out the best way to do the job...
They pondered the situation carefully. Several false starts were made, solutions were advanced and tried but failed because no one seemed to be in charge. Each candidate thought only he knew the right way and competed loudly with the others to be heard...
Finally, the old major stepped in and with a gesture! silenced the babble. "Gentlemen" he said, "allow me to demonstrate how a good officer would do this job". He turned to the sergeant and said "Sergeant, please have the men put up the flag pole." Nothing more was said and within a few minutes the flag pole was up...
The good NCO knows how to get the job done. The good Officer will let him do it...
Now, apply this thinking to PlanetSide and being a Squad Leader and a Squad Member...
See you on the battlefield...
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2004-06-20, 02:31 PM
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