Soldiers help Soldiers--Battle buddy system makes stronger leaders

(Vendor's Note: this is a two-part series, the second part of the battle of the guys.)

FORT RUCKER,.--Officer candidates is not the battle buddy is always they rely on the warrant.

Order officer training through the soldiers are working towards becoming tomorrow's leaders.Although they soon may be adopted in accordance with the orders, some look back during the battle of the guy with the experience and the deposit facility will remain unchanged and to understand how it can help them today.

"(Battle of the buddy system) taught me to open and to learn to work with a team," said warrant officer Candidate Charles Thompson, class 10-23, 1st warrant officer of the Company. "It taught me with different people and that it is not only to the person you can at all times. There are two people working together at all times. "

Thompson said the battle buddy system helped him get where he is today.

"(For training), you are stuck with the battle, Guy," he said. "I realized later helped, put me where I am now the system will."

Discuss ideas to the other battle buddy system Thompson said as he benefited from the WOC. It taught him that everyone has their own way of looking at the world.

"Is the basic things that must be check box, such as the time for the person," he said. "(But) the system showed me how people go through life in a different way and has a variety of questions about what can be.All learn in different ways. "

WOC Joseph Keele, class 10-23, 1st warrant officer co., said his experience during his complete training system is similar to the WOC.

"The difference Is a surprisingly small number of cases were (before becoming WOC) and how things are now," Keele said."Now I do not have one of the guy, I have multiple. we are individuals, but could not lead to bubble.We are the remains of a group and we will make decisions affect team. "

Learning is a major part of tarvitsevaa each other was battle buddy experience WOC Jennifer Gaulton, class 10-23, 1st warrant officer co., he said, to battle buddy can have different women Soldiers, because they open one another quickly.

"I got with the battle of my buddy we talked much almost immediately. and it's much easier to know," he said. "It is easy to become too tarvitsevaa battle buddy, if you get when you can't make a simple decision without talking to them in the first subparagraph. "

However, the battle buddy by invoking make Soldier morale high difference, he adds. was the time when he was an advanced individual training that his battle buddy helped him through the hard situation.

"I was really having a tough time as and treat all at this stage," he said. "Battle of my buddy really helped me get through it. I had (battle of buddy system) experiences are some I run the rest of my military career with me It helps me be. better Director. "