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13 Tips for New Lieutenants from the SOCOM Commander
« on: April 16, 2018, 10:38:54 am »

13 Tips for New Lieutenants from the SOCOM Commander

Gen. Tony Thomas | April 4, 2018

1. At your first meeting with your first platoon sergeant:

Shut the door, tell him or her, “I think I’ve had a pretty good preparation to be a PL, but before I do anything, how about you tell me what you expect of me?” If they are good, and most of them are very good—and you aren’t the first or last PL they’ll have the privilege of serving with—they’ll say, “Be our leader, make the tough decisions, don’t try to be our buddy (we may eventually like you, but that’s not the objective), enforce the standards.” (And, while they may never say it, you can take to the bank that they will strive to never let you fail). You may be an LT, but you are their LT.

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