Become a Platoon Leader

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024

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  • @elijahmontgomery4146
    @elijahmontgomery4146 3 года назад +24

    This is where I went to BCT, these were the people who trained me. If any of the NCO's or Officers at Echo 1-50 see this, you guys are absolutely outstanding.
    SDS Duncan is why I shot expert, and DS Morse was the man who pinned me with my Crossed Rifles. If you see this, you guys manned me up a lot from the goofy high school kid who started, I'm very happy, and not at all surprised to see that SDS Duncan got his Airborne School Badge.

    • @chilistakeout229
      @chilistakeout229 Год назад

      I was SDS Duncan's last cycle, he was amazing. Same with DS Queen, really carried 3rd PLT

  • @dequonnajackson7214
    @dequonnajackson7214 3 года назад +38

    That's my sister y'all!!!! Super Proud of her!!!!

  • @RandomGuyTalking
    @RandomGuyTalking 3 года назад +3

    Went on a company run before graduation at Ft. Benning with LTC Agee! He's an outstanding leader and an inspiration to all soldiers under his command, new and old. Sand Hill baby!! Woo!! 💪🇺🇸

  • @qpat300
    @qpat300 3 года назад +6

    My experience with the infantry teaching NVG training I felt like I actually had to tell people not to lick the lenses or put dip spit into their night vision... Onety One bang bang

  • @devineskridge5279
    @devineskridge5279 3 года назад +50

    Nice to see more mustang's. A Second Lieutenants job is to shut up and listen to his NCO.

    • @dsettleascii
      @dsettleascii 3 года назад +39

      And an NCO’s job is to mentor and advise 2LTs so that they can be successful as platoon leaders and go on to be successful commanders.

    • @uwillnevahno6837
      @uwillnevahno6837 3 года назад +1

      @@dsettleascii in the 90s I served for 7 yrs and saw more 2nd and 1st Lts that didn't accept the relationship in the way you describe. TL/DR example of a dumb Lt that wouldn't listen/created a command culture that didn't let his NCOs speak up.
      The Lt insisted it was a good idea to have his scout platoon hump AT mines in during a deliberate attack training exercise into 1/2 Hohenfels (iirc it's a 7x15 km rectangular training area) because in his words "they will find the 9 Tank fighting positions and lay the mines blowing up the defenders when they move into position". How in the actual fk does he expect people to find deliberate fighting positions for tanks in the middle of the night? Let's do some math.
      The OPFOR used the M60 tank: 7m long x 4m wide = 28m^2
      Hohenfels: (7000mx15000m)/2 = 2.8 million m^2
      Let's say only 10% of that already halved training area is useable for the OPFOR tanks. That means 5 pairs of guys have to search 280,000 m^2 in the dark to find nine 28 m^2 holes after walking at least 7 km across what is basically hills in the back-country.

    • @dsettleascii
      @dsettleascii 3 года назад +2

      @@uwillnevahno6837 I can’t attest to your experiences with newly commissioned officers but I know when I was going through the process of commissioning (ROTC) the dynamic between platoon sergeant and platoon leader was heavily stressed and there was at least one SNCO cadre that helped expound on the difference in roles and responsibilities of the PSG and the PL respectively with the PL being responsible for the overall success and failure of the platoon and understanding the platoon’s operations within the larger context (company and maybe battalion level) while the PSG, with their experience helping the PL make a plan that is most conducive with the commanders intent and helping the PL achieve his objectives within the bounds of reality.
      I know there’s a lot of pissing contests between officers and NCOs, and I’ve had some shit head NCOs who, quite frankly didn’t understand their role in the organization, but the best NCOs I’ve had have been mentors and have helped me make hard decisions, played devil’s advocate to make sure my plan was a good and safe one, and helped me when I was overwhelmed with everything that a PL is responsible for (signing for 4 bradleys as a 23yo is mind boggling).

    • @uwillnevahno6837
      @uwillnevahno6837 3 года назад

      @@dsettleascii yeah, in the end it averages itself out across the force.

    • @dsettleascii
      @dsettleascii 3 года назад +1

      @@uwillnevahno6837 You can only hope🤷‍♂️ I’m also sure things have also changed since you were in. I’ve seen some officers who I cannot believe commissioned as officers, much less as maneuver officers but they typically end up in the S3 shop.

  • @mcinnisthemenace216
    @mcinnisthemenace216 3 года назад +14

    Do yourself a favor and enlist first, even going reserve or NG is a gift before becoming an officer.

    • @Techbros53
      @Techbros53 3 года назад +1

      Can you expand on why please?

    • @Michael-sz4vj
      @Michael-sz4vj 3 года назад +4

      That's exactly why I enlisted split option in the Reserves while in high school and did AIT the summer after graduating. Currently only have 2 years left before I'm a LT. Even the cadets who have no prior enlisted experience irritate me.

    • @jimschlosser1621
      @jimschlosser1621 3 года назад +7

      @@Techbros53 Because you have to understand the mindset of the people you are leading. Without being one of them first, you (as an officer) will never understand - thus you will not be as good as a leader, nor will you be quite as respected.

  • @danielcarrillo4385
    @danielcarrillo4385 3 года назад +1

    I just looked up LtCol Agee...this guy was a SWCC and then went SF good lord make a movie out of this!

  • @clownster456
    @clownster456 Год назад

    I used to work as staff in this unit, saw LTC Agee almost daily and he signed my PCS ARCOM and wrote me a note he is an awesome guy

  • @2011nbn
    @2011nbn 3 года назад +21

    NCO’s backbone of the Army!!!

    • @hawghawg381
      @hawghawg381 3 года назад +1

      Not in the Marine Corps.

    • @2011nbn
      @2011nbn 3 года назад

      That’s why it’s all jacked up then! Bunch of officers making stupid decisions

    • @AC-uw4il
      @AC-uw4il 3 года назад

      lol

  • @DeltaThreeOne
    @DeltaThreeOne 3 года назад +12

    I tried. GPA wasnt high enough...

    • @MobileAura
      @MobileAura 3 года назад +2

      I tried, balls weren’t low enough.

  • @tonymontanamalverde
    @tonymontanamalverde 2 года назад

    Ahhhh the memories of sandhill., if I could do it all over again knowing what I know now I would…

  • @ERICHASTHEPLAN
    @ERICHASTHEPLAN 3 года назад

    lol they have the trainees reading scripts 😂😂 look at their eyes 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @coldsoldier313
    @coldsoldier313 5 месяцев назад +1

    I can't wait!!

  • @alexlee8848
    @alexlee8848 3 года назад +6

    Hold up, is that an SF tab on LTC Agee

    • @JohnDoe-xc7ot
      @JohnDoe-xc7ot 3 года назад +22

      He''s literally wearing a green beret

    • @MobileAura
      @MobileAura 3 года назад +3

      @@JohnDoe-xc7ot What is a green feret?

    • @Krypt1ckai
      @Krypt1ckai 3 года назад +2

      @@MobileAura green beret is special forces

    • @josesosa208
      @josesosa208 3 года назад

      lol

  • @bryceperez9815
    @bryceperez9815 3 года назад +3

    LTC Agee was my BC at D co 1-46 💪

    • @ethandixon6580
      @ethandixon6580 3 года назад

      what year? he was our BC at A Co 1-46 in summer 2019

  • @hazencoffey5350
    @hazencoffey5350 3 года назад

    I was in delta company 2-19 back in 2007

  • @robertogomez9009
    @robertogomez9009 3 года назад +7

    This is very strange. Is this an exercise to provide training for the LT? He is executing tasks that NCOs traditionally do.

    • @aliemami4853
      @aliemami4853 3 года назад +2

      He’s an OSUT PL. They do a lot of tasks that they wouldn’t normally do in an effort to help Drill Sergeants deal with the huge workload that they are faced with as at OSUT.

    • @robertogomez9009
      @robertogomez9009 3 года назад +5

      @@aliemami4853 Interesting way of filling the manpower shortage. Not sure I would want a new PL training new recruits. Looks like the blind leading the blind. A regular platoon with a good PSG is the best place for LTs. My two cents anyway, cheers!

    • @timwallace1629
      @timwallace1629 3 года назад +2

      @@robertogomez9009 These are LTs that usually have already completed their PL time in a normal unit

    • @adamc6371
      @adamc6371 Год назад +2

      @@timwallace1629 wrong, these are ALL LTs that this is their first assignment out of school that they do for 1yr then they go to follow on assignment. Unless they were prior service they had never even been to a real unit. approximately 5% of all new LTs get this which sucks because it sucks away their real LT time and once they head to their real unit, they'll sit around in the 3 shop for maybe 6 months waiting for a job and will only get 1.5years of real LT time before going off to CCC to being a woefully inexperienced CPT that could be your company commander. The army is doing a disservice to all involved with this scheme because they cant fill Drill slots.

  • @christin3223
    @christin3223 3 года назад

    Good lord RA is so dorky

  • @jamelmartin7707
    @jamelmartin7707 3 года назад

    Yo drill ssg Duncan and mores what's up

  • @jamesdc9595
    @jamesdc9595 5 месяцев назад

    Make all the videos you want, you’re not going to convince anyone that wasting their PL time in TRADOC is a good move 😂

  • @Fernando-iy7vr
    @Fernando-iy7vr 3 года назад +1

    lol i was there

  • @assanngum450
    @assanngum450 Год назад

    C Co 2-29 💪

  • @heatison11
    @heatison11 Год назад

    Wtf is this? Why is a Lieutenant training these guys and not a Drill Sergeant??