Great Guide for Cadet Officers

[SlightlyCatholic]

Cadets,

Pardon my intrusion. I found a GREAT manual for leadership to especially accomodate the cadet officers on the forum. It's the "Armed Forces Officer" pamphlet put out by the Army, also known as Army pamphlet 600-20. It's a good read, and gives insights into what the real officer of our military SHOULD be. I have it linked here: http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p600_2.pdf

Thanks for your time, and please enjoy. God bless!

[C.A.P. Flight Officer]

Thank you for posting the link on this forum. I agree with you, it says what an officer should be. I know a few people that would like to read this book, and a few of my cadets need to read some pages in the book.

[SlightlyCatholic]

You're very welcome. I know when I was a Petty Officer (and later Chief Petty Officer) in the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, I focused heavily on books and leadership manuals to get a good idea of how Navy leadership operated. After all, if you're going to be a cadet officer ,you might as well learn how to act like one. What better way to learn military leadership than from the professionals?

[TruBlu]

Nice find, I'll be sure to distribute this to every officer in my corps. They all need a good kick in the pants lol. I like it, even if a lot of them won't. Thanks for posting this.

[Delta Charlie]

I saw this on another forum a few weeks ago, it is and excellent read for all Cadet Officers.

Thank you for positing it here.

[ang1sgt]

Reading does not make the Officer though. Just because there is a book on the subject, does not make one an Officer or a Leader. You need to take what you have read and apply it, see how your management works, correct what is not working and keep at what is working. It's a never ending process.

Some people will never be good Leaders, while some you can see are born to it.

[C/ZOOMIE]

Originally Posted by Seminarian_Tim

Cadets,

Pardon my intrusion. I found a GREAT manual for leadership to especially accomodate the cadet officers on the forum. It's the "Armed Forces Officer" pamphlet put out by the Army, also known as Army pamphlet 600-20. It's a good read, and gives insights into what the real officer of our military SHOULD be. I have it linked here: http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p600_2.pdf

Thanks for your time, and please enjoy. God bless!

WOW...that's a very interesting manual. Thanks alot for sharing. I just found my next reading assignment.........

[Armed Drill Addict]

Originally Posted by ang1sgt

Reading does not make the Officer though. Just because there is a book on the subject, does not make one an Officer or a Leader. You need to take what you have read and apply it, see how your management works, correct what is not working and keep at what is working. It's a never ending process.

Some people will never be good Leaders, while some you can see are born to it.

I completely agree, the CO and XO in my unit have no leadership abilities what so ever, and my CO even attended a Leadership Academy. It seems like our supply officer and myself have natural leadership, and the cadets just seem to trust our judgement more than they do for our CO and XO.

[mtnsldr]

Originally Posted by ang1sgt

Reading does not make the Officer though. Just because there is a book on the subject, does not make one an Officer or a Leader. You need to take what you have read and apply it, see how your management works, correct what is not working and keep at what is working. It's a never ending process.

Some people will never be good Leaders, while some you can see are born to it.

Leading is a constant learning process. Some of the worst leaders are the ones who decided years ago they understand leadership.

The most important part of being a leader is learning to be a counselor. There is a reason that the military has started taking a focus on how to conduct appraisals, and adopting the findings of the business world contained in texts like "Good to Great" and "First Break all the Rules"/"Now Discover Your Strengths". Reading is a good way to find new approaches to leading, but like the wise 1Sgt said, it means nothing until you apply it.

[SlightlyCatholic]

Reading is a good way to find new approaches to leading, but like the wise 1Sgt said, it means nothing until you apply it.

That's very true. The reading I posted here should augment your leadership training and give you things to think about. It may help to read parts of the document and then say, "Can I reasonably compare myself to what they're telling me I SHOULD be like as an officer?" Self honesty is a HUGE part of effective leadership and if you're tough on your cadets, you can be just as tough on yourself every once in a while. It won't kill you, I promise.