Total Soldier Concept

The past few months that I have spent in the JROTC program have instilled multiple army values in me through my experiences and allowed me to grow as a person. Several of the army values are as follows: loyalty, duty, respect, honor, integrity, and personal courage.

“I am disciplined, physically, and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills.” This line means to me that I have physical and mental discipline as a soldier. My body will not hold me back from anything nor my mind. I will not ever break down mentally or physically. “I always maintain my arms, my equipment, and myself.” Part of being a soldier is being ready to fight tonight, thus always maintaining everything you own including your body. You can’t be ready to fight if your weapon is dirty or you’re out of shape, you will fail your mission and let your comrades down.

As an individual in the Army you have the duty of being a soldier but as a leader you have to be a soldier and a leader. Without being a soldier you cannot accomplish your duty as a leader. Being a leader in the Army is a duty in itself. You could say that you have 2 duties. That is why these two are closely related to each other. Another Army value that would go together with duty would be selfless service. Selfless service is the act of putting once self before a particular group. The group that we as soldiers put ourselves before is the citizens of our country and other counties that need our assistance such as Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the value that would instill duty in us as a soldier. Without selfless service, we would not be in the Army performing our duties today. I don’t think I need to state and example because is already something we doing by being in the military. The last Army value that would relate to duty would be personal courage. Personal courage is the act of actually having the strength, physically and mentally, to perform your duties as a soldier. I think it is the most important value next to duty. Without personal courage you would not be able to pick up a weapon to defend this country which is our primary as soldiers. It facilitates our responsibilities as soldiers. Without it we would not have the courage to be at our appointed place of duty. Duty is not just related to our Army values. It is also defined the Soldier’s

The most important thing I learned about myself as a Non-Commissioned Officer during multiple deployments happened at the nine month mark of my third deployment. I learned that as a leader you must put yourself in front at all times to ensure the safety and security of your soldiers. I also learned that no matter how difficult the situation, everyone will fall back on the training they received in order to ensure mission success. Extensive training coupled with strong leadership all the way through the Army level are necessary for the accomplishment of some of the most difficult missions.

There are seven Army Values that all human beings should believe in. There are three values I see as strengths, and as areas to improve in my personal life. Those values are Respect, Selfless Service, and Honor. I will be writing about all three in this essay.

This speaks volumes to me because it takes a special type of person to do what we do day in and day out. The Solider for Life concept is not new to me, but I never knew how much it applied to me until I read the ADP 1. I use the Army Values every day to make decisions, from what I wear to what I say in public. As an NCO of today’s Army, I need to be an example of what a solider looks like and how to display a professional demeanor. This is so ingrained into my personality that even when I retire from service I will carry on these attributes into every aspect of my

true to myself, values, and beliefs in what I believe is best for the army and my soldiers.

I want this unit to be remembered by you that it was the unit that gave you opportunity to grow and develop professional. If you feel that your talents aren’t being taking advantage off, talk with your supervisor to discuss other opportunities. You want the opportunity to learn something new, talk with your supervisor. I have challenged my Staff and first-line supervisors to ensure that you are being pushed in your professional development. I want my enlisted folks to take advantage of TA, and take colleges classes and work on their associate’s and bachelor’s degrees after they complete IJT and proven themselves able to maintain their proficiency. I want to ensure that all of you receive the opportunity to accomplish your PME’s that you have earned, and into additional advance training opportunities. I encourage my enlisted folks to study hard for rank. I want to promote all of

Since the beginning of beast, the Army Values have been pounded into mine along with ever other cadet’s head. However, people never take the time to discuss what the Army values mean to each individual person. To be honest, living the Army values is not as easy and the knowledge book makes it seem. People do not just change how they act because they put on a uniform, the Army values are a continuation of the character each individual person had prior to entering the Academy.

Beyond schoolroom blocks of instruction or rote memorization of the Army Values, the Army ensures that, values instilled in the force through practical application. The vast majority of a soldier’s career should spent in the operational field, away from the schoolhouse and the comfort of school solutions presented in 50-minute blocks of PowerPoint instruction. It is during operational assignments where words put into action and values truly instilled. The stress, which put on the soldiers during training or deployments, refines a soldier’s character.

III. Overall Quality of the Soldier: Present an Army Professional Bearing both in and out of uniform. Stay physically fit and stand out as a strong-minded individual.

Training taught me to always push through the tough times, because while the option is always there to quit, something greater is always on the other side of adversity. Once I earned my writs of passage, I had completely changed as a person. Coming back to school, I noticed significant changes in my behavior. In the classroom, I was more ambitious. I desired leadership in everything I did. I sought every opportunity to lead whether it be in small group activities in school, or training exercises at my Reserves Unit. I even sought to earn an Army ROTC Scholarship as a result of my ambitions to become a leader in the Army. Realizing the drastic changes that have occurred to me in Basic Combat Training is how I became interested in attending the United States Military Academy. Cadets at West Point go through a hard time during their 47 months, and I am more than prepared to face the hardships of training at the Academy. To me, the United States Military Academy gives me the opportunity to go through more adversity, in order to reach my full potential as a leader. Since enlistment I’ve had a burning desire to become the best leader I can be for my

Becoming a soldier in today’s time is a lot of paperwork and regulatory check ups. It by itself, is a task if you would like to join a branch of the military. There are many doctors appointments, many psychological tests, and much preparation to what you are now going to be involved in. New recruits will be sent of to basic training, which is usually away from their homes, and they will not be able to have outside contact with their families as much as they may want. After you go through a grueling period of physical and mental struggles, you will graduate Basic Combat Training and from there you will go into Advance Individual Training.

Soldier and Family Readiness: Soldiers and their Families are a valuable asset to the organization. My leaders will Treat them with account and dignity. Listen to them; allocate your time to them; counsel, coach, mentor, and accolade them. Be aware of your Soldiers’ lives. We want Soldiers and Families to have an acceptable quality of life and who are resilient at home or deployed.

This paper gives a background on how I developed as a professional and who was a primary mentor in my life. It delves briefly into my past and explains how I came to be in the military, while also explaining how a certain person was able to contribute to my professional growth. This paper examines my life as I progress from high school student to a NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) and a few of the challenges I had to endure.