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Food for thought Troops 
I have some good habits and I have some bad habits. Taking care of folks and leadership skills I feel is my best. Most of my skills; especially leadership I have learn from the military. The military is a great place to learn leadership skills. When I was in the military, my job was to take care of my soldiers. I had the responsibly to train these soldiers and mostly help them adjust to military life.
Since I have retired for my service with the army, I carry on these skills I learned while serving. My attitude and the skills that I learned I will never want to lose them. Over my years of growing up in life, I learned a lot. I only assume that we all are always growing and learning in everyday life. I had learned a lot from my military days that you have care about yourself the most. When you are in a leadership position taking care of soldiers, you have to take care of yourself too. If you don?t and you go down things will fall apart for your team. The Army taught me lots of responsibilities. They taught me if you care and believe in yourself, you would accomplish anything in life with no boundaries.
When I was about 17 I joined the Army. Going through the training was new and hard to accomplish; but I made it. My first field duty, I learn an important lesson. I had learned you have to care for yourself. One day we were conducting a training mission. I was a private and in a new to the unit. That day while conducting operation with a fuel tanker and a seal came off of a fuel line. This seal drop down inside the fuel tanks that hold approximately 5000 gallons of fuel and we could not reach it. I was the smallest guy in the squad the sergeant orders me to get down inside this fuel tank. I was so new to the Army, regardless, to my health and safety I climb down into the tank. Later, I woke up in a medic hospital because I pass out from fumes.
The sergeant received disciplinary action for his orders and I received a big lesson that day. No matter how many orders or what rank you are, think safety for yourself first and others. I don?t want to lose my habits or my ways I learned in the Army. That is the first and most proud thing I have.
Love yourself first and Most Troop!
Love yourself first and Most Troop!
I have some good habits and I have some bad habits. Taking care of folks and leadership skills I feel is my best. Most of my skills; especially leadership I have learn from the military. The military is a great place to learn leadership skills. When I was in the military, my job was to take care of my soldiers. I had the responsibly to train these soldiers and mostly help them adjust to military life.
Since I have retired for my service with the army, I carry on these skills I learned while serving. My attitude and the skills that I learned I will never want to lose them. Over my years of growing up in life, I learned a lot. I only assume that we all are always growing and learning in everyday life. I had learned a lot from my military days that you have care about yourself the most. When you are in a leadership position taking care of soldiers, you have to take care of yourself too. If you don?t and you go down things will fall apart for your team. The Army taught me lots of responsibilities. They taught me if you care and believe in yourself, you would accomplish anything in life with no boundaries.
When I was about 17 I joined the Army. Going through the training was new and hard to accomplish; but I made it. My first field duty, I learn an important lesson. I had learned you have to care for yourself. One day we were conducting a training mission. I was a private and in a new to the unit. That day while conducting operation with a fuel tanker and a seal came off of a fuel line. This seal drop down inside the fuel tanks that hold approximately 5000 gallons of fuel and we could not reach it. I was the smallest guy in the squad the sergeant orders me to get down inside this fuel tank. I was so new to the Army, regardless, to my health and safety I climb down into the tank. Later, I woke up in a medic hospital because I pass out from fumes.
The sergeant received disciplinary action for his orders and I received a big lesson that day. No matter how many orders or what rank you are, think safety for yourself first and others. I don?t want to lose my habits or my ways I learned in the Army. That is the first and most proud thing I have.
Love yourself first and Most Troop!
