Duty Honor Country
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Everyone who has been in the military has had a leader that takes the cake when it comes to bad leadership. I want to see how bad some of these dirt bags are.
My squad leader in Iraq is a prime example of what not to do as an NCO. He looked after himself first and everyone else second. Before the War, he screwed my squad out of the internet. Camp Arifjan had a bomb threat and the internet cafe was shut down. He had found out that you could go down to operations late at night and use the www. Somehow he forgot to tell his soldiers. Hmmm, look out for the welfare of your soldiers went out the window. Then the war started. Does anyone remember that big ass sand storm around the 4th day of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Well, my squad was on perimeter guard and I went to get an MRE out of my truck. I walked by my squad leaders truck and he was sitting in it reading on of his SF books. I guess he figured he could chill out in his truck while his squad sucked it up in the sand storm. He has been known to wake everyone up for guard duty and then go back to sleep. At the Euphrates River, he was asked to clear out some bunkers. He refused and my buddy who was a medic volunteered to cleared them with his 9mm. His last insult to me was while we were cleaning our equipment to get out of the Middle East. A sand storm kicked up as we were finishing up. Our ride pulled up and behold my squad leader was the first to get on. I thought he must have had something important to do back at the tent. After spending 20 minutes in the blowing sand, I saw his only reason for going back was to get on the internet. Man I was pissed. This man is a piss poor NCO
He and I did not get along at all, but somehow I got a decent NCOER.
I know people have some horror stories about leaders...lets hear em
My squad leader in Iraq is a prime example of what not to do as an NCO. He looked after himself first and everyone else second. Before the War, he screwed my squad out of the internet. Camp Arifjan had a bomb threat and the internet cafe was shut down. He had found out that you could go down to operations late at night and use the www. Somehow he forgot to tell his soldiers. Hmmm, look out for the welfare of your soldiers went out the window. Then the war started. Does anyone remember that big ass sand storm around the 4th day of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Well, my squad was on perimeter guard and I went to get an MRE out of my truck. I walked by my squad leaders truck and he was sitting in it reading on of his SF books. I guess he figured he could chill out in his truck while his squad sucked it up in the sand storm. He has been known to wake everyone up for guard duty and then go back to sleep. At the Euphrates River, he was asked to clear out some bunkers. He refused and my buddy who was a medic volunteered to cleared them with his 9mm. His last insult to me was while we were cleaning our equipment to get out of the Middle East. A sand storm kicked up as we were finishing up. Our ride pulled up and behold my squad leader was the first to get on. I thought he must have had something important to do back at the tent. After spending 20 minutes in the blowing sand, I saw his only reason for going back was to get on the internet. Man I was pissed. This man is a piss poor NCO
He and I did not get along at all, but somehow I got a decent NCOER.
I know people have some horror stories about leaders...lets hear em