The Importance of Communications and Being on Time by Pfc Jenkins

The purpose of this counseling is to document your violation of UCMJ Article 91, insubordinate conduct toward a Commissioned Officer, CPT (P) Woodard, Rosilyn. O/a 221700OCT2015, LT Namkung, while I were addressing you that you proceeded to walk away and rolled your eyes. I deemed your actions were blatant acts of insubordination and unbecoming of an officer. I will not tolerate this type of behavior and expect better from an officer of your caliber.

For example, if I had not been in my room when I was on quarters, and a fire had erupted in the barracks, I would now be putting my battle buddies or superiors trying to locate me at an extreme and unnecessary risk, especially if they were unable to contact me by phone or if I had not contacted the chain of command. With communication, punctuality and being at your prescribed place of duty all being essential facets of military life and having a direct correlation to the soldierly appearance and combat readiness of a unit, these kinds of faults and mistakes cannot be allowed to permeate our disciplined ranks and taint the effectiveness of our unit . Without punctuality, and therefore discipline there can be no effectiveness or efficiency in our mission of protecting our own and destroying our enemies. If we cannot efficiently destroy the enemy we are no longer an effective or worthwhile unit in the Army.

Being at the appropriate place of duty at the correct time is a vital element of being a respectable soldier. being at the right place at the right time is particularly important, reason being is to make certain orders are carried out and to ensure a steady optempo. A soldier can not exceed in the united states army if he or she is constantly late and at the wrong place. A soldier who truly wants to succeed in the military must go out of his or her way to get squared away on his or her place of duty. This concept goes for any person in any career. if one can not carry out the most simple and most important aspect of being a soldier, he or she will be considered a "dirt bag". if a soldier goes above and beyond in just about everything he or she does but is not on time and punctual than or she has failed at carrying out his or her

The dictionary defines punctual as: Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt. Under the rigid and disciplined structure of military life there is no margin for error. The slightest modicum of hesitation or procrastination can result in the tragic loss of innumerable lives. There are many circumstances where a failure to be prompt could have dire consequences. Under certain circumstances not arriving for guard duty at the designated time could allow a breach of security that could ultimately end in the brutal murder of your peacefully slumbering, unsuspecting battle buddies at the zealous hands of our insurgent foes. Choosing an example from a different segment of the spectrum of responsibility, we see how a noncommissioned

PFC Lear, This documentation will serve as evidence of your failure to report which is a Violation of UCMJ Article 86. On or about Tuesday, 8 Nov 2016, you failed to be at your appointed place of duty, our morning formation in front of Bldg 680 at 0630, when I showed and knocked on your room you told me that you overslept due to the medication that you are on. This behavior will not be tolerated. PFC Lear you have a issue with being chronically late in the past, your behavior has become more and more common and should not continue because it isn't uphold standards.

Communication is “the process of relaying information between or among people by the use of words, letters, symbols, or body language” (Cherry & Jacob, 2011, p. 381). Communication is a two- way process; the message conveyed by the sender needs to be heard and understood by the receiver. It is important for “leaders to communicate regularly and consistently with staff” (Shifflet & Moyer, 2010, p. 252). Some

This was a dilemma for the soldier, counselor as well as the command. Some counselors allow the soldier to be late for no more than 10 minutes, if the soldier or command called about being late for their appointment. In some cases, this is a boundary crossing that benefited the soldier/client, as long as every soldier is treated the same way. Fortunately, certain boundary issues were addressed during the enrollment process of the soldier to the program.

1. You are responsible for everyone in your squad to be ten minutes prior to any and every given hard time. This applies to at least the morning Physical Readiness Training (PRT) formation, start of class, and returning from lunch. If someone in your squad is not present, it is your responsiblity to find out where they are, and give me an explanation of their

Continue to do a good job and remember to always be in the right place at the right time and in the right uniform. In any situation you can’t make it to the formation on time, notify me so that I can better explain it to the Chain of Command. The best practice is to always be ten minutes prior to any formation in order to give you more leeway. Remember that if the flag goes off and you are not present, you may be counseled for being late/missing formation.

Your delay becomes your team’s delay. The work they had planned gets impacted and that work potentially has further downstream effects. Similarly, lack of accountability can snowball in a team, department and organization. Tolerating missed deadlines, lack of punctuality and un-finished work has the tendency to make this behaviour “no big deal”. People learn that the real deadline is a week from the published one; that consistently being 10 min late for a meeting is the norm; that sub-par work is acceptable in the interest of “getting it done” (which should not be confused with pushing yourself to ship and not over-work a project). The cumulative impact across an organization can be substantial. One clear way to understand the impact of poor accountability is to imagine accountability in the context of the military. Make accountability a part of your team’s normal way of operating. Talk about it, share ideas, come to a common consensus about what accountability means in the workplace, and then use that as a foundation everyone works from as they make accountability an organizational

Communication defined is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior”. The military has been improving on the sources we us to communicate with one another for years. Technology today has allowed us to purse ways to do that. Good and effective communication starts by the platforms we use to deliver information to our personnel, units, and organizations. These platforms can be internal or external forms of communication.

You cannot communicate effectively when you are planning what you are going to say next, daydreaming, checking text message, or thinking about something else. This is one the personal experience I noticed in the military. However, in today’s world of social network our NCOs are facing some challenges of competing against the social media. You need to stay focus on moment to moment experience.

Without discipline there is no way to efficiently combat and destroy the enemy. If the enemy cannot be combated and defeated, we are no longer the Army. It would suffice to say that there is nearly no excuse to being late, or not reporting to a designated place at the designated time. Consequently one must always bear in mind; punctuality is the hallmark of every successful professional

The necessity to communicate is at the heart of every command. General Gordon Sullivan put this in perspective best when he explained:

Great communication is the underlying reason for the success of many organisations. It is one of the most important skills that a person can have. Be it an employee, student or friend, no one can succeed without communication. Communication isn’t just about transmitting information from one person to another; it is also about expressing our emotions, knowledge, information and exchanging ideas. Communication can also refer to our body language, facial expression and tone of voice. But most importantly if done correctly, great communication can build great relationships.