The Riddick
IP Officer, USNR
MITEHRE - Did you commission? What state or you out of?
I'm waiting until my father can join my family for me getting sworn in. He was 27 years Air Force and wants to be the first one to salute me.
but I really just don't want to let anyone down.
I want to thank everyone for their valuable support and information. I hate to ask more, but I get sworn in next week and I still have so many questions. My OR says he'll generate my orders the day I get sworn in and I'm sure I will be reporting in the following weekend which is Alpha drill weekend at the NOSC. I have no idea who I report to and how. I have no idea who I report to up at battallion and if it should be a phone call or do I have to go in person?
Straight dope...read & heed!...They actually cared about how I was doing. They would show up on Saturday mornings with muffins and bagels in port when the enlisted folks were forced to be there wire brushing rust off of non-skid. Those two little things (work ethic and good attitude) would make me bend over backwards to help them out if they needed it.
Learning to take good care of your Sailors is more important than learning most of the technical 'stuff' you'll be exposed to. Looking out for their welfare (before your own), will earn their respect, which cannot be demanded. You will find the payback of earned respect, when the time comes when one or more of them goes out of their way to save YOUR bacon. This happens more often than one would think, especially as an ENS/LTjg.Thanks for the tip about bagels and muffins. Now that you mention it, I do remember my OIC and chiefs sometimes showing up with coffee and donuts every once in a while for the troops. It went a long way to show that they were trying to take care of us.