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Additional Coord Inst. Capt Simpson. Tactical Proficiency MCWP MCRP MCDP Commandant’s Reading List Books about culture, people, and terrain Takes effort. Get tough Leader, not a friend (identify the difference because trying be both will conflict with one another)
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Additional Coord Inst Capt Simpson
Tactical Proficiency • MCWP • MCRP • MCDP • Commandant’s Reading List • Books about culture, people, and terrain • Takes effort
Get tough • Leader, not a friend (identify the difference because trying be both will conflict with one another) • Expected to be held to a higher standard • Hold them to this standard • Don’t accept bullshit from anyone • Accountability is accountability regardless of rank
Balance Punishment w/ Rewards • Negative Counseling's, Low pros and cons, NJPs, Court Martial, etc. • Positive Counseling's, LOAs, Cert Comm., Awards, Schools • Secondary effects of rewards
Always a mentor • PFC => CPL • CPL => SGT • SGT => SSGT • Better Americans
Difficult and challenging training • No such thing as being too hard on the platoon • Err on the side of being too demanding • Realistic training • MCDP1-Friction, Disorder, Violence, Danger, Fear, Uncertainty • Train on all your TTPS at night
Counsel your Marines • Their business is your business • Leadership and communication go a long way in preventing problems from arising • Pick and choose your battles • Utilize SNCO and NCOs
MCIs • Initially require of your Marines • Helps them to get promoted • Increase their knowledge base • Makes a smarter fighting team
PT • 3 times a week minimum • Always in attendance • Mandatory for all (incl. light duty)
Bad attitudes • Bad apples • Zero tolerance
Platoon Commander’s Notebook • Track everything on your platoon • PT scores • Swim qual • MCIs • Counselings • Awards • Rifle Score • Sick Call • Schools • Dental / Shots
SOPs • Find previous copies to serve as a template • Get them established ON PAPER early if they aren’t already in existence • If one already exist read it and modify it ASAP
FITREPS • KEEP TRACK OF THEM! • Easy to overlook • Keep and notebook to write down accomplishments at any time • Document Everything • 2 Weeks to provide billet descriptions • Pick up FITREP guides from Exchange to help you write decent FITREPs initially
Two Steps Ahead • Initial Speech to your platoons • Am I prepared to develop a training schedule after two weeks of checking in?
Supervise and stay engaged • Burn your desk
End State • “I will tell His Majesty what a king is. A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his men go hungry, nor sleep when they stand at watch upon the wall. A king does not command his men’s loyalty through fear, nor purchase it with gold; he earns their love by the sweat of his own back and the pains he endures for their sake. That which comprises the harshest burden, a king lifts first and sets down last. A king does not require service of those he leads but provides it to them. He serves them, not they him.”