Marine Corps History And Traditions Essay
Cpl John Schmuckatelle
Corporals Course 10-1
4th Squad
“Embodiment of Marine Corps History and Traditions: The modern NCO” The modern Marine NCO is the embodiment of the Corps’ history and traditions for more reasons that can be mentioned in this essay. Before we dive into the reasons, we must understand what does that statement really means. It means to that the current generation NCOs represent as a whole, or rather becomes, the Corps’ history and traditions. NCOs are the ones who make decisions that become yesterday’s history, are constant reminders in flesh of the history and traditions, and are the ones who passes on the history and traditions to our junior marines. First we have the simple concept that NCOs are the ones who make decisions that become yesterday’s …show more content…
When an NCO reemphasizes common courtesy to other marines, some of those courtesies remain engrained and carries on to the civilian side. It is this civilian side where the Marine has high exposure. Sure, the news could show some feats that Cpl Schmuckatele accomplished, but the everyday interaction is what reminds the general population of what it means to be a Marine. It reminds them of the history, the pride in the Marine gets when he knows his history, and the proud look in each walk that he gets from knowing that he comes a long line of heroes. This is especially true of reservist NCOs. We are in charge of the Marines under us. There are way more junior Marines and NCOs than there are SNCOs and officers. With that said, NCOs have the biggest burden in instilling in each other and to our juniors the values and leadership traits of a Marine. It’s because of this that the modern Marine NCO has the most important job in creating in the public eye the reminder of what it means to be a Marine, of what our forefathers have done, and of our
Corporals Course 10-1
4th Squad
“Embodiment of Marine Corps History and Traditions: The modern NCO” The modern Marine NCO is the embodiment of the Corps’ history and traditions for more reasons that can be mentioned in this essay. Before we dive into the reasons, we must understand what does that statement really means. It means to that the current generation NCOs represent as a whole, or rather becomes, the Corps’ history and traditions. NCOs are the ones who make decisions that become yesterday’s history, are constant reminders in flesh of the history and traditions, and are the ones who passes on the history and traditions to our junior marines. First we have the simple concept that NCOs are the ones who make decisions that become yesterday’s …show more content…
When an NCO reemphasizes common courtesy to other marines, some of those courtesies remain engrained and carries on to the civilian side. It is this civilian side where the Marine has high exposure. Sure, the news could show some feats that Cpl Schmuckatele accomplished, but the everyday interaction is what reminds the general population of what it means to be a Marine. It reminds them of the history, the pride in the Marine gets when he knows his history, and the proud look in each walk that he gets from knowing that he comes a long line of heroes. This is especially true of reservist NCOs. We are in charge of the Marines under us. There are way more junior Marines and NCOs than there are SNCOs and officers. With that said, NCOs have the biggest burden in instilling in each other and to our juniors the values and leadership traits of a Marine. It’s because of this that the modern Marine NCO has the most important job in creating in the public eye the reminder of what it means to be a Marine, of what our forefathers have done, and of our