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| How about the most influential Junior NCO, there are alot of senior NCOs mentioned, but it seems to me that a first line leader should have the most influence on a soldier.
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The first NCO was a First Sgt I had when I was a 13B in Hawaii he was a little 5ft Tall Gaumainian, 13 Fox, a bad ass thru and thru he was the 2nd Bat FSO for the Granada Jump, and the man could out Hump anyone in the Battalion. Always had the heaviest ruck and when we did our quartly 12-mil walk up the Kolie Kolie Pass he would walk up and down the ranks talking to the Joes encouraging them on. I never once in 18 months herd him raise his voice to a Joe but if you were a NCO and fecked up he would let you know! The Man ALWAYS SET THE EXAMPLE AND LED THE WAY. He took and passed the test, I can’t think of the name but was an annual test for your MOS he was a 13F but took and passed the 13B40 test to prove to the two E7s that he could do their Job. His name was Joe Chafforis or something like that. But we the NCOs called him little Joe! The second was my Senior Class Instructor at PLDC SFC Ott he was a combat jump in Nam 173rd Trooper who taught me how to lay an L -Shaped ambush! Never saw a grown man giggling more than him when we sprung the Bush!!
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by The Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of Empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying that, “Over the years, the United States has sent Many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom Beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in Return is enough to bury those that did not return.” It became very quiet in the room.
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My Team Leader, SSG Thew, is the NCO who influenced me most. He didnt yell a lot & get pissed, he led by example and if you or another trooper had a problem with whatever we needed to do, he would get you up to speed rapidly without making you feel like a worthless piece of crap. His example is the one I strive to be. The flip-side of that coin would be 1SG "Big Mo" Mahoney, he is everything I try NOT to be as an NCO. When I made E-5 I swore I would NEVER become like Big Mo. I am the soldier & NCO I am today because of SSG Thew and to a lesser extent SFC Parraway, my Plt Sgt. Big Mo is the prefect example of how NOT to do it.
Tex out, John Holloway.
Diplomacy, subtlety and regard for someones feelings don't seem to blend well with the "Spirit of the Bayonet"!
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| My Team Leader, SSG Thew, is the NCO who influenced me most. He didnt yell a lot & get pissed, he led by example and if you or another trooper had a problem with whatever we needed to do, he would get you up to speed rapidly without making you feel like a worthless piece of crap. His example is the one I strive to be. The flip-side of that coin would be 1SG "Big Mo" Mahoney, he is everything I try NOT to be as an NCO. When I made E-5 I swore I would NEVER become like Big Mo. I am the soldier & NCO I am today because of SSG Thew and to a lesser extent SFC Parraway, my Plt Sgt. Big Mo is the prefect example of how NOT to do it. Hooah Tex SSG Thew (Now MSG Thew Retired SF'er living in Colorado) was one to emulate. I just talked to his wife Claude a few days ago. SFC Parroway was another kick ass NCO once you figured him out. I was his RTO in Italy He went to bat for me with Big Moe to get me to the E-5 board. And for the hat trick Big Mo was truly a prick. In all the time I spent in the Military the only person who was close to being as big of ass as him was CSM Harry T. Fields. The only diffrence was HT was hard but fair all the time. While I was stationed in Germany CSM Fields walked into an NCOPD class I was giving on the code of conduct and introduced himself, he said "Men my name is CSM H.T Fields, the H.T stands for hard times and you just meant him. He then proceeded to rip all of us a new ass for no apperant reason and then walked out the door.
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Joel,Tex, I remember both of those NCOs and I wasn't even in your Plt.!! We had our fair share of outstanding NCOs in that Company!! All of the NCOs in Mortars were outstanding save one and he was not too bad. As to "Big Mo", well I think you all know how I feel about that piddly azz, IG Partying, jackazz!! He definately taught me what not to be! For the life of me I do not understand how he made it that far!!
Abraham Lincoln (quiet, reserved and selfless): “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here” -Gettysburg Address
Obama (egotistical): “Now the world will watch and remember what we do here”
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Kilted Texas Paratrooper & E-7 for LIFE
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Joel & AbnCrazy, about 88, after I got back to El Paso & was getting my EMT cert. at the Community College here I bumped into Mark Jacobsen from 3rd Plt. He had re-upped for ADA & was at Ft.Bliss. He told me Big Mo was also there at the Sgt. Majors Academy. Yikes,,,,,,,,,,
Tex out, John Holloway.
Diplomacy, subtlety and regard for someones feelings don't seem to blend well with the "Spirit of the Bayonet"!
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My first Squad leader, SSG William Acebes (later Post SGM of Ft Benning and indoctrinated into the Ranger Hall of Fame). He taught me that realistic training from Squad Leaders is what makes a successful Army. Good squad leaders consider good training is more important than anything else a leader can do for a soldier. I was lucky enough to tell him about the influence he had on me during a chance encounter in the PX the night before I retired.
“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”-Gen. George Washington
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