| The purpose of this article is to provide a sample | | | | must be competent as Soldiers, Squads, Platoons and |
| company commander's philosophy for an Army | | | | as a company. We must be trained to perform our |
| National Guard company commander. Obviously, you | | | | state and federal mission.b. Professional Development: |
| will want to put this on your unit letterhead, in a | | | | Our education must never plateau. Soldiers must |
| memorandum format. | | | | ALWAYS strive to improve their proficiency. To do |
| 1. My vision for this organization is to be a winning | | | | so, Soldiers should attend military schools, pursue a |
| team; a cohesive band of competent, disciplined, and | | | | college education, complete correspondence courses |
| motivated logisticians who are effective, efficient and | | | | and develop an effective reading program.c. Unit |
| excellent. | | | | Readiness: Our unit equipment is properly accounted |
| 2. Our mission dictates everything that we do. Our | | | | for and maintained. Our Soldiers are physically and |
| tactical mission is to sustain our Task Force with food | | | | mentally fit and capable of deploying anywhere in the |
| service, supply and maintenance support. We also | | | | world. |
| have the responsibility to deploy statewide on short | | | | 5. Remember, you are a Spartan! You are a warrior! |
| notice, to preserve peace, order and public safety. | | | | You belong to a top-notch organization. When it's |
| 3. As an organization, we live by the Army values | | | | your turn to lead, lead! If you need to follow, then |
| and we also have our own values. Our values are: (1) | | | | follow! Lead, follow or get out of the way! Take |
| we get the mission done right!, (2) we are tactically | | | | pride everything you do and always be the |
| and technically proficient, (3) we care for our Soldiers | | | | tip-of-the-spear! |
| and families with a passion, and (4) we are the best | | | | 6. I look forward to serving you as your commander. |
| company in our state! | | | | Feel free to contact me anytime with questions or |
| 4. In Foxtrot Company, we have three major | | | | concerns. POC is the undersigned. Never Defeated! |
| priorities. Our priorities are: (1) Training, (2) | | | | Remember, this is just an example. Obviously, use will |
| Professional Development, and (3) Unit Readiness.a. | | | | create your own "spin-off" based upon your |
| Training: Everything we do is training. We must | | | | personality, leadership style and unit mission. I hope |
| conduct tough, realistic training. We will train as we | | | | this article helps. Good luck! |
| fight, while utilizing proper Risk Management. We | | | | |