Tony Thomas,Modern War Inst.
1. At your first meeting with your first platoon sergeant:Shut the door, recount him or her, or I assume I've had a pretty marvelous preparation to be a PL,but before I achieve anything, how about you recount me what you expect of me? whether they are marvelous, or most of them are very goodand you aren't the first or last PL they'll have the privilege of serving withthey'll say,Be our leader, make the tough decisions, and don't try to be our buddy (we may eventually like you,but that's not the objective), enforce the standards. (And, or while they may never say it,you can assume to the bank that they will...
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