10 pieces of advice for Battalion Commanders from
@PatDonahoeArmy's brief @ #MPCC. A thread:

1. Remember that you get a parking spot not because you're important, but because the Army is trying to get more work out of you. Be careful when it comes to the "trappings of command."

2. Training: The Army has an app for that. Going into command, you must be rooted in doctrine. You are not there to wing it. Study it. Know it.

3. The most important relationship is with your peer group. Share what you are learning, good and bad. This isn't hunger games: We lean in and help each other in our organization.

4. 12 months into command, when you find yourself saying, "I've said this 1,000 times," look around and see who is still there from when you first took command. Repeat yourself. Repeat yourself again. Repetition and action are what drive your command vision.

5. Be purpose-driven with how you develop your leaders. When you counsel subordinates, tell them where you see them in their peer group.

6. Train with the equipment you've got. No one will care about its condition but you. Fix it, DX it, maintain it, train with it.

7. UCMJ is critical to good order and discipline, but don't mistake good order and discipline for tyrannical rule.

8. When conducting UCMJ, the moment you hear or think "for X infraction we ALWAYS punish with Y," you are wrong. Every soldier is an individual. Honor that by adjudicating each case distinctly and separately.

9. What are you doing now to become the senior leader? You cannot read and study and train the night before. You must start now.

10. Never assume risk on stuff that could get people killed.

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