lessonslearned
Tough Decision
a young army reserve officer is forced to make a difficult
decision — and stick nulltnulltnullt decision — nullen faced
nulltnulla sergeant nullo engages in nullonullnullted activitynull
T
o imnullonulle my chances for nullonull omoted unulln comnulleting tnull coursenull
motion to colonelnull itnullugnull a comnull and also nullould receive a nullnullnullnullnullnullnusnull
mand nullsition nullould look good on My onullions nullere to give nullm an article null
my recordnullnull i anulllied for an individual nullonnulldicial nullnisnullentnullor remove nullm
monulllinulltion augmentee nullManullnullsition from tnull coursenull
to renullace a nullttalion commander at tnull nullrgeant anull nullo nulls marriednullnulld no
cnullmical cornull scnullolnull reasonanulle enulllanation for nulls actionsnullnull
on my first tournullnullicnullnullas for null days i decided to remove nullm from tnull coursenull
in nullnullemnullr nullnullnull i nullenullred null getnull i sent for nullm and told nullm my decisionnull
ting into tonullnullysical snullnull and of course nullicnullnullould null effective after it nulls
studying tnull nullnull and otnullr documentsnull revienulled and anullroved null tnull scnullolnulls
in tnull first nulleeknulleverytnullng nullent nullellnull commandantnulla nulligadier generalnull after
i ran nulltnullvarious classes in tnull morningnull tnull general received tnull dismissal nullnull
monitored tnull classes during tnull daynulland nullrnullorknullnull called me into nulls office null it
attended tnull renullired meetingsnull it nullas in crossed my mind tnullt as a reserve officer
tnull second nulleek nullen tnull first crisis ocnull on my first iMa tournull i mignull nullve overnull
curred tnullt renullired a command decisionnull stenulled my autnullritynull
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it anulleared a sergeant nullnullm inullll call irenullrted to tnull general and enulllained
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nullrgeant anull in a tnullonullan room nullougnull my decisionnullnull are you sure you nullant to
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a nulloman into nulls room overnignull and ennull do tnullsnull null askednullnulli can reduce tnull nullnnull
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gaged in nullonullnullted activitiesnull tnulle otnullr isnullentnulland null can stay in tnull classnullnull i encor byor maile@mo toaa. nullnull org, or
sergeant nullergeant null did not nullsnullto null tnullugnull null nullas trying to see nulletnullr i
mail themnullronullessional Serie to Encors, 201 e Edi-
in tnull room and found anotnullr nullace to nullould stick nulltnull my decisionnull isaid to nullmnull
tN. nullor, 201 N. nullashington St., null-ashington
St., nulleenullandria,nullandria, null 22nullnull nulll null 22nullnull
sleenullnull tnullis nulld nullen going on for sevnull nullnullrnullnullould you nullant nullrgeant a in your
submisnulll submissions nullll be csions nullll be on-
eral nulleeks nullfore it nulls discoverednull tnulle cnullmical cornullnull i certainly do notnull tnulls
siderconsidered nulled nullor publicor publication. ation.
rulesnullnullicnullnullere clearly nullstednullnullonullnullnull man nulls no resnullct for nulls fellonullsoldiernull
nullomment on the latest
ited nullomen from nulling in tnull nullrracks at nullrnull my decision standsnullnull tnulle general stood lesson or share your
any timenull unulland tnullnked menulland isnull dismissednull
onull at
nullnull.moaa.orgnull
i asked nullrgeant nullto renullrt to menull tnulle decision nullas signednull
lessonslearned.
after intervienullng nullmnull i confirmed nullrnull after leaving tnull assignmentnull ireceived
geant a nullougnull a nulloman to nulls room for my efficiency renullrtnullnullitten null tnullt genernull
onullnullted activitiesnull nullnullrgeant nulldidnnullt alnull My decision clearly nullayed an imnullrtant
nullant to cause nullonullems and tnullugnull nullrt in my very nullgnullratingnull mo
nullcause tnull course soon nullould endnulltnull
onullem also nullnull ouldnull
nullnullrtin Siegel is a retired Army Reserve
nullaling nulltnullnullrgeant a nulls comnullinull
colonel. He currently resides in Niceville, Fla.
cated nullcause null most likely nullould null For submission information, see page 18.
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