02-05-2005, 07:39 PM
To be honest, as a Lance Corporal, you're not too much different from your buddies. It's when you get into the junior NCO ranks that things get a little complicated.
But as you noticed, you're picking up on folks treating you a little different due to the rank. Basically to walk the wire, you have to know when to cut in with the responsibility, and help others realize they shouldn't do some thing in a respectful manner, and when to just kick back.
Always do the right thing though. Integrity and honor means a lot to a person, at least I believe. As well it should. If you are doing the right thing and someone is trying to do something that is incredibly wrong and your buddies get on your case...then they are trying to turn the guilt of their actions on you. It would show a lack of integrity on their part, not yours. And it wouldn't be kissing up to the higher ranks at all.
But as you noticed, you're picking up on folks treating you a little different due to the rank. Basically to walk the wire, you have to know when to cut in with the responsibility, and help others realize they shouldn't do some thing in a respectful manner, and when to just kick back.
Always do the right thing though. Integrity and honor means a lot to a person, at least I believe. As well it should. If you are doing the right thing and someone is trying to do something that is incredibly wrong and your buddies get on your case...then they are trying to turn the guilt of their actions on you. It would show a lack of integrity on their part, not yours. And it wouldn't be kissing up to the higher ranks at all.
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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.
Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.