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Originally Posted by Green Light
When I was a detachment commander, I did the same thing. An A team is populated with senior NCOs for each specialty. Being responsible, professional guys, they kept the equipment in top condition and accounted for it. The team leaders that micromanaged it were the ones who had the accountability problems. Most team leaders who demanded to have a close leash on equipment gave up after the first time they tried to inventory the surgical and dental kits. 
You'll have an E-8 and 5 E-7s to keep things straight. If you get there, use them. Just tell them what you want done and they'll figure out the how, usually trying to out-do the guy next to him. It's one of the best ways you can establish an atmosphere of trust between you and your NCOs. |
Green Light I don't know about that. In my experience: when folks have to prioritize their number one priorities, the guidance of the Commander or Team Sergeant in the form of what is he's going to inspect and how diligently he's going to look at it can make the priortization matrix easier to navigate.
And, Your doing the sub-hand receipt holder a favor by being an extra set of eyes. (People lend stuff on the buddy system and as often as the lender forgets where he got it the loaner forgets who he let borrow it.) Somebody's going to pay -- Sub HR holder / eventually, Commander / Change of Command OER / FFPL Report of Survey, Team / when they need it most, when the new Commander can't help but notice "it doesn't seem think supply accountability matters here. That's gonna change."
WE took great pride that when I turned over my property all that was missing was a few expendable items. The team got off to a very good start with my replacement. So he probably "I'm da boss-ed" with em on something else.
And that wasn't PT either
AND When Officers issue Soldiers orders that's a professional transaction. If the Commander wants the Soldier to take the time to do a good job
the soldier has a right to expect the Commander to make the time to check. The obligations go both ways. As you say
most Soldiers will figure it out and try to out do the guy next to them then they deserve to have it acknowledged. Inspections are not supposed to be "gotchas" but great opportunities to acknowledge and encourage great Soldiering.
AND as for that inventory of the medical and dental kits Yup, tough . . . but interesting. And Commanders can be sort of the fill-in-the-gap-guys. Those inspections helped me train to be the Medics' scrub nurse.
The not so fun inspections was the climbing equipment , tri-cams, hexes, friends, rope logs . . . .