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Here are 4 I haven't seen yet.
If you want to earn a spot with the team work like a member of the team. When the boys are humping the gear out to the pallet you should have your ass out there humping gear too. Nothing will piss them off faster than gripping & grinning with the BC or finding something else to do when there is manual labor to be done. You'll be surprised how many O's feel that is below them.
While you are in the Qcourse learning to write concept letters, go visit 7th or 3rd Group S3 and get a couple copies of real concept letters and show up with them ready to go. Take the boys to Midsouth or Griffin Group, go to Key West for a week of Marops training or mountaineering in Colorado. There is a ton of shit you can do out there that you can do to build camaraderie with the boys. It sucks when every deployment is combat. Get off Ft XXXX between trips and have some fun, don't just run the old fellas into the dirt (we know you will anyway).
If you want to spend as much time on a team as possible, have a plan for it when you sign in. Try to time it so you get a school that will keep you around another year or so like SFARTAC (Sp?), Scuba, or Halo. My old Det Cdr had damn near 4 years team time when he made the major list. I've had 2 that pulled over 3 years on a team.
Take lots of pictures. You only get one go around then it's staff weenie forever & ever Company and above.
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