Mitchell Strohmeyer Lance Corporal Uch 3/4 Kilo 20120811 Importance of Gear Accountability Gear accountability is very important in the Marine Corp. What would a Marine do in a combat environment if he left his Kevlar back at the rear? None of his brother’s would just happen to pull out an extra for him to borrow for the patrol. The same fundamentals apply to any other significant equipment items. In combat environments all the gear issued is issued for a reason, whether it is something as major as a rifle or something as small as a flashlight. It is even wise to sometimes bring unrequired gear like an e-tool just in case. I will try to explain why Marines need their gear, what they can do to prevent it, and what could happen …show more content…
What also happens is people just lose things and have no idea until later when they need it. Marines lose things because of a few reasons. Probably the most common is when they are being hurried, which is pretty much 100% of the time. The other common reason is because a lot of junior Marines are young, irresponsible, and inexperienced. I’m pretty confident that most of the senior Marines here didn’t start at the level of responsibility or leadership that they are currently at, but have been through what the younger marines are going through and learned from their mistakes, and now trying to teach us so we don’t make them as much as we might without the seniors. Most junior Marines, no matter their age, haven’t lived the experiences that have helped mold our seniors. These are the reasons that even Marines older than some of the seniors aren’t as mentally mature as the Marines that may be younger but have much more experience. This is the same reason we do police calls immediately following ranges, to ensure that nothing is overlooked. They realize that we are deploying with them and that we will be the ones to their left and right and will be depending on us to make it home to their families, so they need us to be as prepared as them. Losing a piece of gear is much more serious than an item lost in the rear during training, not only will a lost piece of gear possibly take time to get
There are many situations that might happen due to United States Marines Infantryman not having proper Marine Corps issued gear accountability. United States Marines Infantryman will also take advantage of another United States Marine Infantryman not having proper Marine Corps issued gear accountability. If the chance arises, a United States Marine Infantryman might steal another United States Marines Infantryman gear if the United States Marines Infantryman gear is unattended. There has been United States Marines Infantryman known to steal Marine Corps issued gear or other items from other United States Marines Infantryman. A quote that United States Marines Infantryman know of is, “Gear adrift is my new gift.” United States Marines Infantryman don’t steal isn’t true about all
The Marine Corps does two things: make marines and win our nation’s battles. Winning battles depend on how well we make marines. Those who have earned the title have been polished and honed by attentive mentoring. We have to remember that to sustain the transformation
The Marine Corps. Demand alertness at all times. Building the Marine’s confidence and teaching them the attitudes of group loyalty and
I believe that the mission of the author, Victor H. Krulak, Lieutenant General, USMC (Ret.), in writing this book was to describe how vital the United States Marine Corps is to our nation and that through the extensive preparation and training we receive, we have become the leading fighting force on and off the battle field. The purpose of this book was to inspire readers about the Marine Corps and to explain stories about how different equipment came into the Corps and how we perfected them. The author’s goal was the educate readers based on his personal experiences
I am Robert Turner, and I am requesting to be selected as the Supply Officer for the unit next year. I would like this position because I want to be able to really maximize the capabilities of the unit with the gear that we have available to us. I went to the MMA trip, and the thing that stuck with me is the Gunnery Sergeant, in the midst of the yelling, told me “if you lose your gear, the enemy will kill you with it”. This isn’t saying that we have to worry about dying if we lose a cover or belt, but I will make sure that any missing gear is returned swiftly and with the utmost importance to detail. I will also check with cadets in the unit on a regular basis to see how all their gear is fitting and if they will need anything. I
NonCommissioned Officers are the backbone of the Marine Corps. Each leader is very different from the other. Some Marines enjoy being a corporal only because of the increase in rank and pay. A few become the tactless leaders junior Marines try to avoid. Fortunately, many others strive to become the leader that other Marines wish to emulate. They know what it means to be a good leader. Those Marines have the traits of a leader and they get to know their Marines
This can work in a number of ways. For instance, if a Marine is trying to get information on something they need or information on a specific task, the Mind someone to help guide them in the right direction instead of wasting important and crucial time looking for something as simple an answer to their question. The Marine Corps has a hard enough time trying to keep track of their marines already as is, even without human negligence and misunderstandings. There is a lot of wasted time in the day to day affair of a marine already without all the problems of the world trying to mess things up. Poor communication seems to be one of the biggest problems in the marine corps.s
This process takes up time we did not need to waste in the first place. Mostly because you have to be accompanied by a corporal to do half of these tasks and that takes his time that he could be using to train his marines instead of just helping you take care of your lost gear problem that you created whether you meant to or not. What matters if something like this happens I think is the fact of if you own up to the mistake you made and handle it appropriately in the right way and not just steal someone else’s gear to hide the fact that you lost yours in the first place, because if you do that then you have lost what makes us as marines who we are and that is integrity. If you lose your gear that is one thing but if you steal to hide it then you have no gear accountability and no honesty which make you many thing and none of them are any good a thief, and a liar to name a few. If you become a habitual liar or thief then you become no use to your fellow men because you will be labeled as less than a man for you can not handle your own problems but instead just create them for others. That is the lowest thing you can do in this situation. What you should do you know and if you chose to ignore that then you are as useless as the other men in your battalion, company, platoon, or just your section label
Sergeant Treadwell is an outstanding NCO who has demonstrated exceptional knowledge and tactical proficiency in all duties as a Marine Security Guard. MRO used his resourcefulness and dedication as he personally conducted the planning and execution for a highly effective training plans as well as an efficiently organized supply and CBRN tracker. A confident and professional Marine, MRO was instrumental in maximizing the security and readiness of the detachment through his active leadership and constructive feedback during more than 40 training exercises. MRO exhibits the strong character necessary to mold and shape the future of the Marine Corps, evident in his persistence and tireless work dedicated to advancing his fellow Marines through
Marines will always be known as “America's 911.” Since the birth of 1775, Marines always separated themselves
But say it were dropped and lost, that Marine now has no way to clean his weapon without borrowing another Marines cleaning gear. No once his weapon gets dirty enough, he has no way to clean it. Then when he needs it most, he can no longer rely on it because it can now succumb to jams. But say you take it into a bigger picture, say that Marine loses a rifle, an M16 to be exact. The enemy, whoever at the time that may be, may have weapons that are not as accurate or advanced as ours. Now the enemy can reach us from a further distance away, thus taking away the edge we had on them, and possibly Marines lives.
As part of leadership, the mentoring program must be implemented across the squadron as a great tool to counsel, coach, look after the welfare of, and ensure Marines accomplish the mission in support of commander’s vision and expectations of teamwork, leadership, and communication. Also, a Values-Based Leadership Integration (VBLI) program will be incorporated into small-unit leadership. The VBLI is a good tool in that it improves communication skills of each Marine during a guided discussion as well as builds and sustains trust and loyalty between subordinates and leaders. Overall, making ever Marine relate better to the commander’s vision and expectations.
It is important to train marines as a unit, but more importantly as a team. Andrew Mehrtens, a former All Blacks second highest point scorer of all time, said that “If you have personal discipline in your life, then you are going to be more disciplined on the field. If you’re wanting guys to pull together as a team, you’ve got to have that. You don’t want a group of individuals.” There could be a team with all the talented individuals in the world, but without character, they will be individuals that accomplish nothing as a team. Working together as a team will not guarantee the win every time but in the long run the team will benefit. “Collective character is vital to success. Focus on getting the culture right; the results will follow.” The lack of personal discipline could potentially handicap any team. Marines need to be lead in the way that values character over talent. The presence of good character will ultimately strengthen the team whether it was a marine unit or a national rugby
In conclusion junior officers and chiefs unwillingness to follow a mentorship program, is causing poor mission execution. This can be resolved by the chief getting out of the mess and mentoring the junior officer. By setting expectations working on a junior officer PQS/development plan it will get the junior officer out of his comfort zone, the chief will impact a future leader of the coast guard. “Remember you never know who you will work for in the
Marines are a number of citizens across the world who are trained to serve or fight on land or at sea but as we would say to be pacific their members of the US Marine Corps. The Marine Corps were founded in 1775, when our nation wasn’t quite formed at the time. This strong group of men and women lived to train and fight to make the world a better place with them putting their lives at risk. They have earned the values of Honor, Courage and Commitment inform ,these are everything a Marine does when on the job and not. Today in the world today we have to 187,891 Marines that stand here in the world ready to leave anytime they are needed. Before all of these steps happen of being a Marine you had to go through a lot to be able to be a Marine