WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.065 My name is Sign first class , Justin 00:02.065 --> 00:04.120 Kelly . Today we're gonna talk about 00:04.120 --> 00:06.176 military bearing . Uh This is a very 00:06.176 --> 00:08.342 important aspect of leaders within the 00:08.342 --> 00:10.287 military . Your bearing is how you 00:10.287 --> 00:12.120 conduct yourself , your physical 00:12.120 --> 00:14.231 demeanor , your physical appearance , 00:14.231 --> 00:16.176 your speech , your attentiveness , 00:16.176 --> 00:18.180 these things , all composite , your 00:18.190 --> 00:19.968 military bearing . Now , for my 00:19.968 --> 00:22.134 personal experience , you know , I was 00:22.134 --> 00:24.357 the infantry for most of my career . So 00:24.357 --> 00:27.514 bearing to me was while either under , 00:27.524 --> 00:29.875 you know , great physical stress , 00:29.885 --> 00:33.365 combat stress or , you know , airborne 00:33.375 --> 00:36.095 operations , you know , having bearing , 00:36.375 --> 00:38.395 not , not showing weakness , not 00:38.404 --> 00:41.055 showing too many emotions . That was , 00:41.064 --> 00:43.175 that's , that's what I look for on my 00:43.175 --> 00:45.286 leaders . I wanted to be able to feel 00:45.286 --> 00:47.231 confident , walking with them into 00:47.231 --> 00:49.342 dangerous situations and knowing they 00:49.342 --> 00:48.884 were gonna have a cool , calm , 00:48.895 --> 00:52.235 collected attitude for any task we have . 00:52.840 --> 00:55.330 But it's a bearing isn't always just 00:55.340 --> 00:57.590 that , um , some of the leaders who I 00:57.599 --> 01:00.060 really looked up to , uh had that 01:00.069 --> 01:02.459 bearing when situation was stressful , 01:02.880 --> 01:04.991 but when they weren't , they knew how 01:04.991 --> 01:07.190 to keep their soldiers with a , in a 01:07.199 --> 01:09.310 good attitude , they knew how to have 01:09.310 --> 01:12.089 fun and , um , and keep their spirits 01:12.099 --> 01:14.309 up and even more so , especially when 01:14.319 --> 01:16.430 things were stressful , you know , in 01:16.430 --> 01:18.541 an appropriate moment , they knew how 01:18.541 --> 01:20.541 to help the soldiers feel at ease , 01:20.541 --> 01:22.763 feel that , um , they didn't have to be 01:22.763 --> 01:24.819 so stressed up that they could relax 01:24.819 --> 01:26.652 and focus on their jobs . That's 01:26.652 --> 01:28.819 another big part of bearing too . It's 01:28.819 --> 01:30.930 not just that stoic demeanor though , 01:30.930 --> 01:33.152 that is important . It's also sometimes 01:33.410 --> 01:35.410 having other people feel at ease in 01:35.410 --> 01:37.521 your presence , feeling comfortable . 01:37.521 --> 01:39.688 Um , and that's , that's a big part of 01:39.688 --> 01:41.466 bearing too where you have that 01:41.466 --> 01:43.521 confidence , uh , about yourself and 01:43.521 --> 01:45.354 about knowing your job . Do your 01:45.354 --> 01:47.521 soldiers around , you feel relaxed and 01:47.521 --> 01:49.688 that they can , they can rely on you , 01:49.739 --> 01:51.906 you know , but that's , that's not all 01:51.906 --> 01:54.183 there is in the military and primarily , 01:54.183 --> 01:56.128 especially , um , other units that 01:56.128 --> 01:58.183 might not be applicable , but we all 01:58.183 --> 01:58.029 have important jobs . We all have 01:58.040 --> 02:00.318 serious jobs . You know , what's tough , 02:00.318 --> 02:02.629 especially for newly promoted sergeants 02:02.639 --> 02:04.806 and every newly promoted sergeant goes 02:04.806 --> 02:06.861 to this is they are leaving one peer 02:06.861 --> 02:09.083 group and joining another when you have 02:09.083 --> 02:11.361 that , it's , it's tough to break away , 02:11.361 --> 02:13.528 uh , and then join that new peer group 02:13.528 --> 02:15.639 and then not feel like you're leaving 02:15.639 --> 02:17.861 your friends behind . So it's important 02:17.861 --> 02:20.083 when you become a new sergeant that you 02:20.083 --> 02:22.610 set the standard and you make it known 02:22.619 --> 02:24.786 what your new position is and what the 02:24.786 --> 02:26.563 standards are dealing with your 02:26.563 --> 02:28.619 subordinates , it's gonna be tough . 02:28.619 --> 02:30.897 But , um , you know , if you're mature , 02:30.897 --> 02:33.710 if you know your job well . Um , and 02:33.720 --> 02:35.720 you treat people correctly , you're 02:35.720 --> 02:37.998 gonna gain that respect whether or not , 02:37.998 --> 02:40.164 you know , these people , your friends 02:40.164 --> 02:42.220 and they , you know , they're always 02:42.220 --> 02:42.089 gonna be your friends in some sense of 02:42.100 --> 02:44.211 the way . But when you have a new job 02:44.211 --> 02:46.433 and a responsibility , you need to take 02:46.433 --> 02:48.600 it seriously because other people rely 02:48.600 --> 02:50.544 on you to , to accomplish that job 02:50.544 --> 02:52.267 appropriately . That's a tough 02:52.267 --> 02:54.211 transition and every NTO that I've 02:54.211 --> 02:56.410 known has gone through it , um 02:56.419 --> 02:58.586 Sometimes you might be reluctant about 02:58.586 --> 03:00.419 taking that job , but if you are 03:00.419 --> 03:02.475 selected , you are qualified and you 03:02.475 --> 03:04.586 are training , command has confidence 03:04.586 --> 03:04.309 and you do it , they chose you for a 03:04.320 --> 03:06.889 reason and you need to take that 03:06.899 --> 03:09.010 responsibility unwillingly . I've had 03:09.010 --> 03:11.343 absolutely phenomenal leaders that were , 03:11.343 --> 03:13.940 that were tough . Um They had high 03:13.949 --> 03:17.039 moral character , they had , they had 03:17.050 --> 03:18.883 very high discipline standards , 03:18.883 --> 03:21.770 physical mental , you name it . But uh 03:21.779 --> 03:24.320 you also see on the flip side , some 03:24.330 --> 03:26.663 lackluster leaders that have no bearing , 03:26.663 --> 03:28.830 uh they might be immature , they might 03:28.830 --> 03:30.997 not take their job seriously . Um They 03:30.997 --> 03:34.710 have poor disposition , uh poor , poor 03:34.720 --> 03:36.789 physical health . Um When you come 03:36.800 --> 03:38.800 across those , those leaders , it's 03:38.809 --> 03:40.920 tough to respect them . And then , uh 03:40.929 --> 03:42.929 especially , you know , you give so 03:42.929 --> 03:45.151 much to the National Guard , you know , 03:45.151 --> 03:47.151 giving up one week in a month , two 03:47.151 --> 03:49.373 weeks a year at a minimum . And that is 03:49.373 --> 03:48.919 definitely a minimum . Nowadays , it's 03:48.929 --> 03:51.151 tough to be enthusiastic about your job 03:51.151 --> 03:53.318 when you have to deal with people like 03:53.318 --> 03:53.199 that and you don't wanna be that person 03:53.470 --> 03:55.526 that makes somebody who is willingly 03:55.526 --> 03:57.470 trying to serve their country have 03:57.470 --> 03:59.248 second thoughts because of your 03:59.248 --> 04:01.303 personal example . So , and it's not 04:01.303 --> 04:03.581 hard , you know , just gotta be mature , 04:03.699 --> 04:06.250 physically fit and know your job . You 04:06.259 --> 04:07.926 don't have to be an expert at 04:07.926 --> 04:10.092 everything , but you sure as hell have 04:10.092 --> 04:12.259 to take it somewhat seriously and have 04:12.259 --> 04:14.148 the discipline to enforce that on 04:14.148 --> 04:13.949 yourself . You know , there's a lot of 04:13.960 --> 04:16.630 duty positions in the army . So , you 04:16.640 --> 04:18.862 know , in the , in the infantry , we're 04:18.862 --> 04:20.973 always looking for that leader , that 04:20.973 --> 04:23.084 heroic leader . Like when times times 04:23.084 --> 04:24.973 are tough or danger on the way or 04:24.973 --> 04:26.807 you're in the middle of danger , 04:26.807 --> 04:28.751 they're mentally agile , they're , 04:28.751 --> 04:30.862 they're physical , they have absolute 04:30.862 --> 04:33.029 high physical stamina , they're making 04:33.029 --> 04:35.029 the right decisions and they're not 04:35.029 --> 04:37.140 showing fear or co or cowardice . And 04:37.140 --> 04:39.196 that's , that's what everyone should 04:39.196 --> 04:38.820 aspire to , but that can take place in 04:38.829 --> 04:41.070 a lot of different facets of life . You 04:41.079 --> 04:43.301 know , that's really what I was looking 04:43.301 --> 04:45.468 for as far as trying to , trying to uh 04:45.468 --> 04:47.690 develop my own bearing . That's where I 04:47.690 --> 04:49.857 wanna be . But then I realize a lot of 04:49.857 --> 04:52.023 other facets and you'll see too as you 04:52.023 --> 04:51.950 become an NCO , you deal with a lot of 04:51.959 --> 04:54.149 other issues and uh responsibilities . 04:54.640 --> 04:56.807 You know , units have shop reps , they 04:56.807 --> 04:59.209 have eo reps . If you're a person 04:59.220 --> 05:01.980 selected for that , your bearing has to 05:01.989 --> 05:04.156 be impeccable at all times , there are 05:04.156 --> 05:06.489 soldiers who might experience scenarios 05:06.910 --> 05:09.021 that you can't , you can't foresee or 05:09.021 --> 05:11.132 imagine and they're gonna come to you 05:11.132 --> 05:13.466 expecting help in the right due process . 05:13.466 --> 05:15.632 If you are immature and I have seen it 05:15.970 --> 05:18.248 if you're immature , if you make jokes , 05:18.248 --> 05:20.470 if you have no sense of confidentiality 05:20.470 --> 05:23.380 when you speak , um , you know , people 05:23.390 --> 05:25.446 aren't gonna trust you and you might 05:25.446 --> 05:27.390 have an issue that could be solved 05:27.390 --> 05:30.299 using proper army procedures that lies , 05:30.309 --> 05:32.420 you know , that that isn't dealt with 05:32.420 --> 05:34.642 appropriately and becomes a much larger 05:34.642 --> 05:36.865 issue for the unit , for the soldiers . 05:36.865 --> 05:39.031 Your training , command everyone . All 05:39.031 --> 05:41.253 right . So again , if you have , if you 05:41.253 --> 05:43.365 have a duty position like that , it's 05:43.365 --> 05:45.309 incumbent upon you to have bearing 05:45.309 --> 05:47.365 throughout your entire service . You 05:47.365 --> 05:49.587 know , I'm a jump master . So as a jump 05:49.587 --> 05:51.809 master and I mean , a not for nothing , 05:51.809 --> 05:54.031 I do like jumping out of the aircraft . 05:54.031 --> 05:56.253 But , um , if I'm having a bad day or , 05:56.253 --> 05:58.476 you know , my back hurts too , my knees 05:58.476 --> 06:00.420 hurt . Sometimes it's not the most 06:00.420 --> 06:00.299 enjoyable jumping out of an aircraft . 06:00.670 --> 06:02.670 I will never show that to my fellow 06:02.670 --> 06:04.670 paratroopers when I'm performing my 06:04.670 --> 06:06.837 duty because that's a , that's a job I 06:06.837 --> 06:08.837 signed up for and to carry out with 06:08.837 --> 06:11.630 absolute certainty . So , and you , and 06:11.640 --> 06:13.640 there's other jobs like that in the 06:13.640 --> 06:15.473 army , you know , whether you're 06:15.473 --> 06:17.751 working on an aircraft , um , vehicles , 06:17.751 --> 06:19.973 you have an administrative job when you 06:19.973 --> 06:22.329 are conducting your duties and you have 06:22.339 --> 06:24.172 soldiers that are , that you are 06:24.172 --> 06:26.339 leading , you wanna make sure that you 06:26.339 --> 06:28.228 have confidence while going about 06:28.228 --> 06:30.395 carrying out those duties . Is it good 06:30.395 --> 06:32.561 to have fun ? Absolutely . If , like I 06:32.561 --> 06:32.420 said , I've , I've , I've always been 06:32.429 --> 06:35.549 jealous of , uh , my fellow peers who 06:35.559 --> 06:37.950 could take harsh situation , excuse me , 06:38.399 --> 06:40.809 high situations and make them enjoyable 06:40.820 --> 06:42.820 for their soldiers . It's a special 06:42.820 --> 06:44.931 quality that these leaders have , but 06:44.931 --> 06:46.876 they also accomplished the mission 06:46.876 --> 06:49.098 first and foremost , but they just find 06:49.098 --> 06:49.089 a more enjoyable way for their soldiers 06:49.100 --> 06:51.322 to do it . If you're the type of leader 06:51.322 --> 06:53.211 that comes into , uh , you know , 06:53.211 --> 06:55.378 whether be miserable conditions , um , 06:55.378 --> 06:58.000 limited time , limited sleep , you name 06:58.010 --> 07:01.329 it and , and you start to , to complain , 07:01.339 --> 07:03.450 anybody can complain . That's not why 07:03.450 --> 07:05.506 you were selected for that job . The 07:05.506 --> 07:07.672 army selected you for your job so that 07:07.672 --> 07:09.895 during those scenarios and situations , 07:09.895 --> 07:12.119 you would continue to do your job 07:12.130 --> 07:14.352 appropriately and motivate and motivate 07:14.352 --> 07:16.019 your fellow soldiers to do it 07:16.019 --> 07:18.074 appropriately as well and guide them 07:18.074 --> 07:21.010 and lead them . So again , the bearing 07:21.019 --> 07:23.619 to do that and not fall back into the 07:23.630 --> 07:26.029 default of this is hard and actually 07:26.040 --> 07:28.262 rise above it is very important for you 07:28.262 --> 07:31.670 as an NCO . Um You can have huge 07:31.920 --> 07:33.531 influence , not just on your 07:33.531 --> 07:35.753 subordinates though , but on your peers 07:35.753 --> 07:37.976 as well . You know , you , I've seen it 07:37.976 --> 07:40.198 a lot in the military where , um , I've 07:40.198 --> 07:42.309 always served with pretty good guys . 07:42.309 --> 07:44.420 Uh , but you might have a new soldier 07:44.420 --> 07:46.642 that comes in from a different unit and 07:46.642 --> 07:48.809 they are awesome . They just know what 07:48.809 --> 07:50.976 they're doing . They're full of life , 07:50.976 --> 07:53.660 they're super physically fit and then 07:53.670 --> 07:55.726 you'll see the other , whether it be 07:55.726 --> 07:57.781 team leaders or squall leaders , you 07:57.781 --> 08:00.114 know , that same peer group around them . 08:00.114 --> 07:59.820 And then all of a sudden they start 07:59.829 --> 08:02.339 raising their game as well . You know , 08:02.350 --> 08:04.880 you , you can totally , one person can 08:04.890 --> 08:08.600 totally rise the level of a unit by 08:08.609 --> 08:10.553 coming in with that , uh with that 08:10.553 --> 08:12.776 enthusiastic attitude also being really 08:12.776 --> 08:14.887 good at their job . You know , it's , 08:14.887 --> 08:14.510 it's good to have a good attitude , but 08:14.519 --> 08:16.630 you have to know what you're doing as 08:16.630 --> 08:18.797 well . You have to be good at your job 08:18.797 --> 08:18.559 as well . But that can change , that 08:18.570 --> 08:21.160 can change a culture . Um you know , 08:21.170 --> 08:23.579 and also too , it's uh it's important 08:23.589 --> 08:25.645 for your leaders to see that because 08:25.645 --> 08:27.867 they wanna have faith and confidence in 08:27.867 --> 08:31.709 you as a soldier . Um I've had , I had 08:31.720 --> 08:35.309 senior leaders um ask for my 08:35.320 --> 08:37.479 guidance and input on situations . I 08:37.489 --> 08:39.600 wasn't expecting it . And this , this 08:39.600 --> 08:41.656 definitely affected the unit mission 08:41.656 --> 08:43.767 and , you know , some dangerous stuff 08:43.767 --> 08:45.711 we did . It also affected soldiers 08:45.711 --> 08:47.933 careers and they came to me and asked , 08:47.933 --> 08:49.989 you know , what my opinion was and , 08:49.989 --> 08:52.045 you know , for some guidance to them 08:52.045 --> 08:54.267 and my input was obviously important to 08:54.267 --> 08:56.322 them and it helped us accomplish our 08:56.322 --> 08:58.267 mission . And it also , you know , 08:58.289 --> 09:00.511 salvage some soldiers careers because I 09:00.511 --> 09:02.622 was able to vouch for them . But they 09:02.622 --> 09:04.733 took my word for it if I was a slob , 09:04.733 --> 09:06.900 you know , if I was immature , I don't 09:06.900 --> 09:08.956 think I would ever be sought out for 09:08.956 --> 09:11.178 that , those opinions . And why would I 09:11.178 --> 09:13.233 be , you do your soldiers of a great 09:13.233 --> 09:15.122 service by being someone that the 09:15.122 --> 09:17.233 leaders are gonna come to you and ask 09:17.233 --> 09:19.456 about them . All right . And , uh , and 09:19.456 --> 09:19.419 have confidence in you because that way 09:19.429 --> 09:21.207 you can represent your soldiers 09:21.207 --> 09:24.000 appropriately , you know , and bearing , 09:24.010 --> 09:26.177 you know , bearing sometimes also goes 09:26.177 --> 09:28.288 to taking on the chin . You know , as 09:28.288 --> 09:30.399 we all know in the military , you get 09:30.399 --> 09:32.621 yelled at you , brush it off , drive on 09:32.621 --> 09:34.843 when you're a leader , now you're gonna 09:34.843 --> 09:34.000 get yelled at , not just for you , 09:34.010 --> 09:36.010 you're gonna get yelled at for your 09:36.010 --> 09:38.121 subordinates . All right , how do you 09:38.121 --> 09:37.599 take that ? Are you one of these 09:37.609 --> 09:40.679 leaders that immediately turns around 09:41.080 --> 09:43.429 and yells at your soldiers or are you 09:43.440 --> 09:45.607 gonna be the type of leader that , you 09:45.607 --> 09:47.829 know , takes , takes whatever criticism 09:47.829 --> 09:49.996 is thrown your way about your squad or 09:49.996 --> 09:51.773 your soldiers or your platoon , 09:51.773 --> 09:53.940 whatever it may be or your fire team . 09:53.940 --> 09:56.107 And uh do you turn around and approach 09:56.107 --> 09:58.162 your soldiers in a calm demeanor and 09:58.162 --> 10:00.273 say , hey , this is the issue . We're 10:00.273 --> 09:59.770 gonna correct it . Now , if it's a 09:59.780 --> 10:01.947 flagrant violation , then yes , by all 10:01.947 --> 10:04.169 means , soldiers need to know when they 10:04.169 --> 10:06.391 really mess up . But uh , sometimes you 10:06.391 --> 10:08.502 know , it's , it's a misunderstanding 10:08.502 --> 10:10.780 and , you know , the issue gets called , 10:10.780 --> 10:13.549 uh gets elevated above a level that it 10:13.559 --> 10:15.670 should be . So it's up to you to kind 10:15.670 --> 10:17.892 of pass that and then go to your , your 10:17.892 --> 10:20.115 subordinates and say , hey , here's the 10:20.115 --> 10:19.830 issue , we're gonna correct it . You 10:19.840 --> 10:21.896 know , you're not bad people but you 10:21.896 --> 10:24.118 made a mistake , you know , but again , 10:24.118 --> 10:26.340 if it's egregious , then it needs to be 10:26.340 --> 10:28.507 dealt with accordingly And people need 10:28.507 --> 10:27.909 to know that you're the leader that can 10:27.919 --> 10:30.086 deal with stuff accordingly . That's , 10:30.086 --> 10:32.197 that's a big part of your , uh , your 10:32.197 --> 10:34.141 job . Another thing too that I was 10:34.141 --> 10:36.363 really surprised more . I worked my way 10:36.363 --> 10:36.250 up was , uh , some of the soldier 10:36.260 --> 10:38.482 issues that I dealt with individually . 10:38.482 --> 10:40.704 You know , guys had a lot of confidence 10:40.704 --> 10:42.816 in me , a lot of faith and they would 10:42.816 --> 10:44.927 come to me with , uh , some serious , 10:44.927 --> 10:47.093 serious issues . Again , they knew , I 10:47.093 --> 10:49.316 knew how to keep my mouth shut and then 10:49.316 --> 10:51.538 also knew the proper procedures to find 10:51.538 --> 10:53.593 help for them . Would they have done 10:53.593 --> 10:55.704 that if I was not that way ? Probably 10:55.704 --> 10:55.070 not . I know what I expect them to . 10:55.080 --> 10:57.302 For me , it was surprised I came from a 10:57.302 --> 10:59.302 pretty stable home . Very fortunate 10:59.302 --> 11:01.524 with my work , work life and everything 11:01.524 --> 11:03.747 that , uh , some of the issues soldiers 11:03.747 --> 11:05.858 ran into . But , uh , they would come 11:05.858 --> 11:05.570 to me and then they knew that I was 11:05.580 --> 11:07.691 gonna try to resolve that issue and , 11:07.691 --> 11:09.747 and , and no matter what ? It wasn't 11:09.747 --> 11:11.636 gonna leave that room if you're a 11:11.636 --> 11:13.413 leader and you can't have those 11:13.413 --> 11:15.524 confidential , um , conversations and 11:15.524 --> 11:17.636 then find the proper way to deal with 11:17.640 --> 11:19.979 it . You're doing a massive disservice 11:19.989 --> 11:21.878 to your soldiers . All right , if 11:21.878 --> 11:23.989 you've , if you're the type of person 11:23.989 --> 11:26.211 that all of a sudden has to turn around 11:26.211 --> 11:25.049 and be like , hey , you won't believe 11:25.059 --> 11:26.948 what I heard or this guy is going 11:26.948 --> 11:29.003 through this or the soldier has this 11:29.003 --> 11:31.337 issue . You need to get rid of your NCO . 11:31.337 --> 11:31.280 Yeah , you're uh your sergeant rank . 11:31.289 --> 11:33.400 You are sabotaging your unit . You're 11:33.400 --> 11:35.345 sabotaging that soldier and you're 11:35.345 --> 11:37.289 sabotaging yourself because word's 11:37.289 --> 11:39.511 gonna spread that . You can't keep your 11:39.511 --> 11:41.733 mouth shut and that's no way to be as a 11:41.733 --> 11:40.809 leader . But you have to have that be 11:40.919 --> 11:43.252 to deal with these situations and stuff . 11:43.252 --> 11:45.419 You might not even , you couldn't even 11:45.419 --> 11:47.475 imagine what happened when a soldier 11:47.475 --> 11:49.530 has confidence in you . They need to 11:49.530 --> 11:51.752 see back on your face and your demeanor 11:51.752 --> 11:51.520 that you're gonna help them and not 11:51.530 --> 11:53.530 judge them again , people mess up , 11:53.530 --> 11:55.363 they need to be dealt with . But 11:55.363 --> 11:57.363 sometimes these uh these issues are 11:57.363 --> 11:59.586 outside the soldier's hands . They just 11:59.586 --> 12:01.752 had a , they got a bad , uh you know , 12:01.752 --> 12:03.808 they got a bad rap or a bad break in 12:03.808 --> 12:06.229 life . So as you as a , as a junior 12:06.239 --> 12:09.940 leader , you know , how do you feel a , 12:09.950 --> 12:13.070 a um a soldier should act or more 12:13.080 --> 12:16.549 importantly , uh an NCO should act you 12:16.559 --> 12:18.781 know , like , what , what do you expect 12:18.781 --> 12:20.781 out of them ? Do you expect them to 12:20.781 --> 12:22.892 carry themselves with their chin up ? 12:22.892 --> 12:25.489 Um , you know , very calm to me it when 12:25.500 --> 12:27.770 they deal with people . Um , you know , 12:27.780 --> 12:29.891 if there's a physical fitness event , 12:29.891 --> 12:32.113 what do you expect out of them ? Do you 12:32.113 --> 12:34.280 expect them to be near the front ? You 12:34.280 --> 12:33.590 don't expect them to be near the back , 12:33.599 --> 12:35.655 do you ? All right . And that's what 12:35.655 --> 12:37.655 you need to know for yourself , but 12:37.655 --> 12:39.821 that's not just physical , that's also 12:39.821 --> 12:42.043 the mental part of it . You know , when 12:42.043 --> 12:41.900 it comes to knowing your job , you have 12:41.909 --> 12:44.650 to , you cannot be a person that's 12:44.659 --> 12:46.750 constantly asking questions of stuff 12:46.760 --> 12:48.593 that you should know , take some 12:48.593 --> 12:50.710 initiative , learn your trade , learn 12:50.719 --> 12:52.941 your skill set . All right . And that's 12:52.941 --> 12:54.886 gonna make you more confidence and 12:54.886 --> 12:57.163 that's gonna help your bearing as well . 12:57.163 --> 12:59.386 Another thing is for bearing too , like 12:59.386 --> 13:01.497 you be surprised , like just a little 13:01.497 --> 13:03.608 bit of preparation goes a long way if 13:03.608 --> 13:05.830 you can come in prepared for your drill 13:05.830 --> 13:07.886 day , your day in general , um , you 13:07.886 --> 13:10.400 wake up early , you're at work early , 13:11.000 --> 13:13.056 uniform squared away . You know what 13:13.056 --> 13:14.778 the plan is , you can brief it 13:14.778 --> 13:17.000 appropriately , your equipment's packed 13:17.000 --> 13:19.167 up , your equipment's ready , whatever 13:19.167 --> 13:21.333 it may be , your bear is gonna reflect 13:21.333 --> 13:23.333 that . I mean , and you've probably 13:23.333 --> 13:22.719 seen as a soldier , how many people 13:22.729 --> 13:24.951 have you seen that ? Wait till the last 13:24.951 --> 13:26.896 minute and all of a sudden they're 13:26.896 --> 13:28.896 spazzing around losing their mind . 13:28.896 --> 13:31.118 They're looking for paperwork , they're 13:31.118 --> 13:30.909 looking for equipment , they're 13:30.919 --> 13:33.049 stuffing their rucksack . You know , 13:33.059 --> 13:35.170 that's not what you wanna see in your 13:35.170 --> 13:37.059 leaders , that you wanna see your 13:37.059 --> 13:39.059 leader . And I've , I've definitely 13:39.059 --> 13:41.115 noticed it in mind who the guys that 13:41.115 --> 13:43.337 had all their stuff lined up in platoon 13:43.337 --> 13:45.503 formation , completely packed and then 13:45.503 --> 13:47.615 they're going through their checklist 13:47.615 --> 13:49.670 and then they're going through their 13:49.670 --> 13:51.892 rosters and make sure everyone's good . 13:51.892 --> 13:54.115 You're gonna be in pain at some point . 13:54.115 --> 13:56.170 You know , like I said , most of the 13:56.170 --> 13:55.890 older guys knees hurt backs hurt . It's 13:55.900 --> 13:58.067 part of life and you have to deal with 13:58.067 --> 14:00.178 it . It's tough to grin and bear it . 14:00.178 --> 14:02.233 You don't wanna be a complainer . So 14:02.233 --> 14:04.344 you don't wanna be a complainer about 14:04.344 --> 14:06.289 your physical pains . Uh You don't 14:06.289 --> 14:08.567 wanna be a complainer about , you know , 14:08.567 --> 14:10.678 your home life , whatever it may be . 14:10.678 --> 14:12.733 Again , if it's significant enough , 14:12.733 --> 14:12.010 you need to get help , you need to , 14:12.020 --> 14:14.076 you need to talk to someone you have 14:14.076 --> 14:16.298 some faith in and that you can , uh you 14:16.298 --> 14:18.464 can seek their good counsel and try to 14:18.464 --> 14:20.409 find solutions . But when you're a 14:20.409 --> 14:22.510 leader , walking into a room and 14:22.520 --> 14:24.464 divulging all your problems is not 14:24.464 --> 14:26.576 helping people , they're losing faith 14:26.576 --> 14:28.742 in you because it , it shows a lack of 14:28.742 --> 14:31.020 maturity and a lack of self discipline . 14:31.020 --> 14:33.187 So very important . Again , not saying 14:33.187 --> 14:35.187 swallow your problems and keep them 14:35.187 --> 14:37.520 held up , but you gotta pick and choose . 14:37.520 --> 14:39.576 We divulge that information to . All 14:39.576 --> 14:41.353 right . And a lot of times your 14:41.353 --> 14:43.576 subordinates are not the right people , 14:43.576 --> 14:43.450 they're dealing with their own stuff . 14:43.909 --> 14:46.242 You know , they , they might be nervous , 14:46.242 --> 14:48.353 they might have a lot of things going 14:48.353 --> 14:48.150 on . They need to have somebody they 14:48.159 --> 14:49.992 can look to that , they can have 14:49.992 --> 14:51.992 confidence in that . Hey , at least 14:51.992 --> 14:51.969 this person is mature and has their 14:51.979 --> 14:54.146 stuff together . So they're gonna help 14:54.146 --> 14:56.257 see me through this situation or this 14:56.257 --> 14:58.479 training or this mission or whatever it 14:58.479 --> 15:00.701 may be . All right . Again , not easy . 15:00.701 --> 15:02.757 Um A lot of times people use it like 15:02.757 --> 15:05.035 just to get some stuff off their chest , 15:05.035 --> 15:06.812 but you gotta remember who your 15:06.812 --> 15:08.979 audience is and that's really , really 15:08.979 --> 15:11.035 important . I'm sure like you guys , 15:11.035 --> 15:13.090 your , your NC OS now you soldiers , 15:13.090 --> 15:15.090 you , uh , you've seen all types of 15:15.090 --> 15:17.201 people in the military , all types of 15:17.201 --> 15:16.909 leaders already . It doesn't take long 15:16.969 --> 15:18.858 and you gotta think back to those 15:18.858 --> 15:21.080 people that just , um , you know , just 15:21.080 --> 15:23.302 couldn't do anything but complain about 15:23.302 --> 15:25.525 what was going on or , you know , would 15:25.525 --> 15:27.191 just talk about how much of a 15:27.191 --> 15:29.413 catastrophe their life was . Like I get 15:29.413 --> 15:29.169 it , it happens and it's , it's not 15:29.179 --> 15:31.346 easy and you go through tough times in 15:31.346 --> 15:33.512 life . But again , is that really what 15:33.512 --> 15:35.568 you wanna hear out of your leader or 15:35.568 --> 15:37.735 you wanna hear , hey , is what we have 15:37.735 --> 15:39.735 going on today . This is the plan . 15:39.735 --> 15:39.159 Does anybody have any issues ? Anybody 15:39.169 --> 15:41.336 need any help do we have all equipment 15:41.336 --> 15:43.391 up is everything clean is everything 15:43.391 --> 15:45.613 serviceable , ready to go . All right , 15:45.613 --> 15:45.559 they don't wanna hear , I have a 15:45.570 --> 15:47.737 million problems going on . They wanna 15:47.737 --> 15:49.959 hear you focused on the mission and you 15:49.959 --> 15:52.014 supported soldiers . All right . And 15:52.014 --> 15:54.014 that's what you gotta remember with 15:54.014 --> 15:56.126 your bearing . Keep it focused on the 15:56.126 --> 15:58.348 mission and your soldiers and don't let 15:58.348 --> 15:58.200 the attention go back on yourself . 15:58.210 --> 16:00.377 It's , uh , it's not good for them and 16:00.377 --> 16:02.599 they're gonna lose faith and confidence 16:02.599 --> 16:04.710 in you . So that was a quick overview 16:04.710 --> 16:04.250 of military bearing and what the 16:04.260 --> 16:06.316 expectations and requirements of you 16:06.316 --> 16:08.482 are the leader . But remember you were 16:08.482 --> 16:08.890 select , you've got this .