Hey all Gettings from Kirkuk. Gods bessings be with you and your family through Ramadan...
Things are well they are what they are giving the circumstances. School is in session.. we have been doing school drops of supplies for the ones in the most need. And well ...everything is very tense as the voting day comes closer.
On to my topic:
Politican's will occasionally speak about expanding the Military. Here are some rambling thoughts of an NCO that is near the tip of the dagger.
Before the military and specifically the Army can even think about expanding... they have to reorganize the monolith that has been created.
Here is the root of the problem:
People are evaluated by the person that they work for. Why is that a problem you ask? that seems logical, sgt White you have lost your mind.
Well lets break it down for you the Army is broken up into three categories; in which soldiers and their units fall into:
Combat Arms
Combat Service
Combat Service Support.
Notice tha the term SERVICE is actually a word used to describe 2 of the 3 categories.
The army prides itself on the chain of command. For each soldier and each soldiers unit the chain of command rises through one of these three categories (Silos).
So although a leader in a CS or CSS role is there to support the Combat Arms; they are not evaluated on their Performance by the group they are servicing... they are evaluated by the next up in the chain of command.
In effect they are their to service the chain of command and in extreme cases that is all they do.... leaving the units that they must support in the cold.
These siloed entities grow and morf into Fifdoms that if left unchecked grow like cancer and make the Army ineffective.
By including the "customer" in this case the Combat Arms team in the performance of the "servicer" in this case the CS or CSS group, the Army just may be able to increase the performance of its exsisting force.
Just ramblings of an NCO
Peace All (and I REALLY mean it)
SFC White
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QUOTE(SFC_White @ Oct 7 2005, 02:29 AM)
Hey all Gettings from Kirkuk. Gods bessings be with you and your family through Ramadan...
Things are well they are what they are giving the circumstances. School is in session.. we have been doing school drops of supplies for the ones in the most need. And well ...everything is very tense as the voting day comes closer.
Good to hear from you SFC White. Take care of yourself.Things are well they are what they are giving the circumstances. School is in session.. we have been doing school drops of supplies for the ones in the most need. And well ...everything is very tense as the voting day comes closer.
How are you doing with school supplies? You may need to repost that information on where to send donations.
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On to my topic:
Politican's will occasionally speak about expanding the Military. Here are some rambling thoughts of an NCO that is near the tip of the dagger.
Before the military and specifically the Army can even think about expanding... they have to reorganize the monolith that has been created.
Here is the root of the problem:
People are evaluated by the person that they work for. Why is that a problem you ask? that seems logical, sgt White you have lost your mind.
Well lets break it down for you the Army is broken up into three categories; in which soldiers and their units fall into:
Combat Arms
Combat Service
Combat Service Support.
Notice tha the term SERVICE is actually a word used to describe 2 of the 3 categories.
The army prides itself on the chain of command. For each soldier and each soldiers unit the chain of command rises through one of these three categories (Silos).
So although a leader in a CS or CSS role is there to support the Combat Arms; they are not evaluated on their Performance by the group they are servicing... they are evaluated by the next up in the chain of command.
In effect they are their to service the chain of command and in extreme cases that is all they do.... leaving the units that they must support in the cold.
These siloed entities grow and morf into Fifdoms that if left unchecked grow like cancer and make the Army ineffective.
By including the "customer" in this case the Combat Arms team in the performance of the "servicer" in this case the CS or CSS group, the Army just may be able to increase the performance of its exsisting force.
Just ramblings of an NCO
Peace All (and I REALLY mean it)
SFC White
I really can't comment on the military structure but silos are a problem in general no matter what business you are in. So what I think you are saying is combat arms is the customer but no one ever asks them how service could be improved so they could do their job more effectively. Eventually everyone is either forced to duplicate or create what's missing.
Politican's will occasionally speak about expanding the Military. Here are some rambling thoughts of an NCO that is near the tip of the dagger.
Before the military and specifically the Army can even think about expanding... they have to reorganize the monolith that has been created.
Here is the root of the problem:
People are evaluated by the person that they work for. Why is that a problem you ask? that seems logical, sgt White you have lost your mind.
Well lets break it down for you the Army is broken up into three categories; in which soldiers and their units fall into:
Combat Arms
Combat Service
Combat Service Support.
Notice tha the term SERVICE is actually a word used to describe 2 of the 3 categories.
The army prides itself on the chain of command. For each soldier and each soldiers unit the chain of command rises through one of these three categories (Silos).
So although a leader in a CS or CSS role is there to support the Combat Arms; they are not evaluated on their Performance by the group they are servicing... they are evaluated by the next up in the chain of command.
In effect they are their to service the chain of command and in extreme cases that is all they do.... leaving the units that they must support in the cold.
These siloed entities grow and morf into Fifdoms that if left unchecked grow like cancer and make the Army ineffective.
By including the "customer" in this case the Combat Arms team in the performance of the "servicer" in this case the CS or CSS group, the Army just may be able to increase the performance of its exsisting force.
Just ramblings of an NCO
Peace All (and I REALLY mean it)
SFC White
Thanks Cardinal good to here from you too. Thanks for the note too!
Care packages can be sent to:
SFC Jeffrey White
C/O "Any Soldier" or "ICAN.org School Supplies"
B Co 451 CA BN
Kirkuk Iraq
APO AE 09359
Care packages can be sent to:
SFC Jeffrey White
C/O "Any Soldier" or "ICAN.org School Supplies"
B Co 451 CA BN
Kirkuk Iraq
APO AE 09359
This photo was taken last year SFC White so this young lady is probably back from deployment. Thought you might enjoy seeing a fine Army photograph.
Spc. Lorie Bright, a Civil Affairs specialist with Co. B, 451st Civil Affairs attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, touches a piece of ancient pottery embedded inside a hill on Kirkuk Air Base.
Spc. Lorie Bright, a Civil Affairs specialist with Co. B, 451st Civil Affairs attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, touches a piece of ancient pottery embedded inside a hill on Kirkuk Air Base.
Yes, please take care, SFC White. Are there specific supplies that you need ?
Methinks I'm in agreement that reorganization is the key. Expansion IMHO is a secondary consideration, but gettin' more of the existin' military force in the war fightin' mode has to be the primary concern.
From my experience the Marines are pretty much organized as a lean mean fightin' machine where all the support types answer to and are evaluated by the war fighters through various means. Every Marine is a rifleman, but some have other jobs as their primary. Methinks they're all evaluated on how well their piece of the puzzle works to get the mission accomplished. 'Twould seem it helps that Marines, probably more'n any other group I've experienced, have a war fightin' mentality that says when the balloon goes up everyone pulls together to get 'er done, eh?
Durin' operational deployments the Navy does things differently too. 'Tis where any unit attached to a task force or group for any length of time results in fitreps by the TF or TG commander for the attached unit's commanding officer coverin' just how well that unit supported the mission.
Though I've had far less experience with the Army and Air Force from what I saw both did seem more bureaucratic and less likely to be as responsive. Navy commands not directly involved in the operational forces can be the same.
From my experience the Marines are pretty much organized as a lean mean fightin' machine where all the support types answer to and are evaluated by the war fighters through various means. Every Marine is a rifleman, but some have other jobs as their primary. Methinks they're all evaluated on how well their piece of the puzzle works to get the mission accomplished. 'Twould seem it helps that Marines, probably more'n any other group I've experienced, have a war fightin' mentality that says when the balloon goes up everyone pulls together to get 'er done, eh?
Durin' operational deployments the Navy does things differently too. 'Tis where any unit attached to a task force or group for any length of time results in fitreps by the TF or TG commander for the attached unit's commanding officer coverin' just how well that unit supported the mission.
Though I've had far less experience with the Army and Air Force from what I saw both did seem more bureaucratic and less likely to be as responsive. Navy commands not directly involved in the operational forces can be the same.
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