Accountability

Abstract

One of the bedrock responsibilities of a Noncommissioned Officer is accountability. We receive and submit status reports on our Soldiers on a daily basis to insure we know there whereabouts. Accountability is a discipline exercised in garrison as well as in combat, yet the experience I will share with you is one in which accountability was lost. This is an account of how complacency and laziness on the part of a first line supervisor almost cost a Soldier his life. I will illustrate how the routine rhythm of battle resulted in a Noncommissioned Officer making the worst of choices when accounting for his Soldiers and how his terrible decision was used to educate an entire infantry rifle company.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2006
Accession Number
AD1140207

Entities

People

  • Steven S. Mapes

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Deployment
  • Explosions
  • Indirect Fire
  • Infantry
  • Iraqi-War
  • Mobile Phones
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Personnel Management
  • Supervisors
  • Task Forces
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.