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05-29-2009, 02:48 PM
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Cool story, thanks for sharing it.
I've never personally known any officers (much less any chaplains) myself so I've always wondered how they viewed line guys from their personal perspectives. My uncle (a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy) would occasionally tell us stories about how some of the young officers he was serving under were a bit out of touch with the realities enlisted men and women face. I guess that's why I've always been sympathetic to Larry Hama's enlisted-centric view of things, even more so after I spent my time with the ARESCOM/NCR RCDG as just another line grunt (everybody thinks they're special until they go infantry
).
I've known a lot of very good officers, but it's like anything: one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. A bad officer can leave a lasting impression that several good officers can't fix.
My Father and Grandfather were both Army Officers, and in my biased estimation they were both good officers, but they had very different personalities and styles of leadership. I'm a Chaplian; I don't command the way they did. It's not my job. My job, as I see it, is to be with the soldier where they are and let them trust me, so they can come to me when they need help.
Sometimes that means I've done some things I might should not have done: like cleaning weapons with the troops. I'm not supposed to really even tough a weapon, and cleaning them is a gray area. But Soldiers usually hate cleaning weapons after a field exercise. They're tired and they're ready to go home. If I can help them during this time, they see that I'm really with them all the way. I sleep where they sleep. I eat what they eat. I hump my pack right along with them. They have to see me with them, doing what they do, if they're going to trust me... and earning their trust in vital to doing my job - my job is to serve soldiers. Our enlisted troops are the hands and feet of the Army. The NCOs are the backbone, and the Officer Corps is the Head. All the parts need care.
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