[Joe 6-pack]

As a brand new second lieutenant meeting with my platoon sergeant for the very first time he gave me sage words of advice that have hung with me these many years. He said, "Sir, as a leader, you live in a fishbowl. Everything about you is going to be on constant display. Your technical competence, your ability to handle pressure, your work ethics, your integrity, your off duty behavior, and perhaps most of all, the way you deal with your boss, as that's going to set the standard for how you want them to deal with you."

Cruz may have an Ivy League education, but apparently none of his professors were ever up to the task of sharing SFC Hildebrand's wisdom. It's a shame as it might have spared Cruz this entire fiasco of his own making.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for your comments, and I agree with them.

You know, I’ll bet some of these people can’t understand why
a military superior tours the hospital after a campaign when
a number of his men have been injured.

He can’t heal them. He can’t take away their pain. He can’t
make it so nothing bad happened to them.

There are many things he can’t do, but he can look at those
men in the eye and be one with them for a few minutes.

He can express his sorrow, let them know he cares, and let
them know he hurts because they do.

He will encourage them. He will tell them how proud he is
of them. He will declare them heroes and explain as best
he can how much they accomplished that they may not have
been aware of.

Class shows class.

[gcparent]

Well said.