Posted: 2/5/2011 2:20:11 PM EDT
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I am in the process of creating a leader book for my squad. If you have input as far as what I should include I would be very apperciative.
Looking mostly for format and content type stuff. So far I have personal inf., unitl METL, soldier creed, NCO creed, CTT, Army Song, unit contact info., COC that kind of stuff. |
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Soldiers personal info, training schedule so you know where your supposed to be and when your supposed to be there and field expedient job book so you know what training your soldiers need. And it should fit in a cargo pocket.
All that other shit is cheese dick crap to make the CSM feel like he is in command of something and has relevance to soldier training. I was a SSG at the height of the Leaders Book craze. Fucking thing took a 3", 3 ring binder and a ruck to carry it. |
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There are already several versions on AKO or other sources that you could steal ideas from.
edit: For personnel info I use an excel sheet that tucks into my notebook. For more detailed info, I kept a continuity book..you might call it a leaders book. I have a pretty decent article I saved on what should go into that, if you want me to email it to you. I can send you copies of my excel cheat sheet as well. |
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Is there a reason you want to clutter your leader's book with the Army song, Soldier's creed, NCO creed? I'm not a fan of having people repeat it and not a fan of units requiring people know them. Why? Its not leadership, its not instilling any unit pride. You want to do that, print off your unit's history. Start making some of your own.
My suggestions: - A 3 month planner in your leader's book for tracking all Soldier's appointments, movements, duties, etc... then use a long term planner to track anything 4 months out and more. - Complete Alpha roster of your squad,section, platoon, etc... - Latest counseling statement for every Soldier (how many times has your 1SG or CSM asked for the "latest counseling" and no one can find it? - Unit's METL... but also where you and your Soldier's fit into that. Who's trained on what, how often? Proficiency.. make a matrix - Other schools necessary for your job contact information |
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Is there a reason you want to clutter your leader's book with the Army song, Soldier's creed, NCO creed? I'm not a fan of having people repeat it and not a fan of units requiring people know them. Why? Its not leadership, its not instilling any unit pride. You want to do that, print off your unit's history. Start making some of your own. My suggestions: - A 3 month planner in your leader's book for tracking all Soldier's appointments, movements, duties, etc... then use a long term planner to track anything 4 months out and more. - Complete Alpha roster of your squad,section, platoon, etc... - Latest counseling statement for every Soldier (how many times has your 1SG or CSM asked for the "latest counseling" and no one can find it? - Unit's METL... but also where you and your Soldier's fit into that. Who's trained on what, how often? Proficiency.. make a matrix - Other schools necessary for your job contact information +1 on this. I used one of those flight checklist binder thingies. Their blue and have 3 rings and are about 5x8 or so. Anyway, I included soldier info, married/single, kids, anniversary dates, birth dates, phone numbers; SSNs; last counseling statement, schools needed and/or completed; training schedule; calendar; Last ARTEP/EXEVAL for my section; and drivers training. |
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Is there a reason you want to clutter your leader's book with the Army song, Soldier's creed, NCO creed? I'm not a fan of having people repeat it and not a fan of units requiring people know them. Why? Its not leadership, its not instilling any unit pride. You want to do that, print off your unit's history. Start making some of your own. My suggestions: - A 3 month planner in your leader's book for tracking all Soldier's appointments, movements, duties, etc... then use a long term planner to track anything 4 months out and more. - Complete Alpha roster of your squad,section, platoon, etc... - Latest counseling statement for every Soldier (how many times has your 1SG or CSM asked for the "latest counseling" and no one can find it? - Unit's METL... but also where you and your Soldier's fit into that. Who's trained on what, how often? Proficiency.. make a matrix - Other schools necessary for your job contact information +1 on this. I used one of those flight checklist binder thingies. Their blue and have 3 rings and are about 5x8 or so. Anyway, I included soldier info, married/single, kids, anniversary dates, birth dates, phone numbers; SSNs; last counseling statement, schools needed and/or completed; training schedule; calendar; Last ARTEP/EXEVAL for my section; and drivers training. Yup. Aircrew flight checklist books are awesome for that. I'd have: -Alpha roster, with blood type, allergies, or lack thereof, uniform/shoe/hat size -Extra duties, school's attended, evaluation/counseling suspensions Plus all the other stuff everyone's already mentioned |
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I love those flight check lists. I use one for a facility security check list and another for my questioning guide, always handy and never lose anything. But never thought about them for a Leader's Book, but good idea though, I'll probably use it Whats the benefit of the aviation style binder? Seems like they wouldn't easily hold the standard 8x10 that everything comes in. I see it being more of a office thing than a field thing. For field stuff I'll use my Range Handbook or the necessary FM. I'm leaning towards a normal three ring binder with sheet protectors. Just seems more practical. Now if I create a different one for the field I might use something with a zipper on it to keep shit from falling out. |
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Not to be a wet blanket but don't forget to safeguard the PID of your folks.
If you store that stuff electronically, be sure to password protect the document. Since we can’t use thumb drives on .mill computers (for the most part), you might want to look at online storage so you can access your documents from multiple locations. There are a number of secure solutions available to you. I have a bunch of stuff stored to my iphone for quick and easy access. Mostly things like checklists, training outlines, a promotion calculator, and PME related PDF’s Monk |
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I love those flight check lists. I use one for a facility security check list and another for my questioning guide, always handy and never lose anything. But never thought about them for a Leader's Book, but good idea though, I'll probably use it Whats the benefit of the aviation style binder? Seems like they wouldn't easily hold the standard 8x10 that everything comes in. I see it being more of a office thing than a field thing. For field stuff I'll use my Range Handbook or the necessary FM. I'm leaning towards a normal three ring binder with sheet protectors. Just seems more practical. Now if I create a different one for the field I might use something with a zipper on it to keep shit from falling out. I just put the original on a copy machine and shrunk that sucker down, cut off the excess paper and put it in the checklist binder page protectors. The original was kept in files/binders in my room in the barracks. |
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What about including the specifications of weapons, maybe the specific sections of TM, FM and AR that apply. What other types types of info might be pertinent. If its just a one page FM cheat sheet list, I could see that, especially since the renumbering of FMs over the past few years sometimes leaves you forgetful of where you need to look for your info. Anything more than that, nope. When it first came out a few years ago I always kept a shrunk-down copy of the Small Arms Integration book in my reference files because it was a handy single-source for most small arms info of the sort you're talking about. With the speed that stuff/ gear has been changed over the past 6-7 years, unfortunately its already out of date. Hopefully they'll update it soon. |
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What about including the specifications of weapons, maybe the specific sections of TM, FM and AR that apply. What other types types of info might be pertinent. If its just a one page FM cheat sheet list, I could see that, especially since the renumbering of FMs over the past few years sometimes leaves you forgetful of where you need to look for your info. Anything more than that, nope. When it first came out a few years ago I always kept a shrunk-down copy of the Small Arms Integration book in my reference files because it was a handy single-source for most small arms info of the sort you're talking about. With the speed that stuff/ gear has been changed over the past 6-7 years, unfortunately its already out of date. Hopefully they'll update it soon. If its job appropriate. If its just filler in someone's other LB then I'd junk it. For mine I'd include the specifications of what our teams have when we deploy: team specific equipment and the assigned weapons. But on a cheat sheet like TC talked about. |
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Aircrew binders have inserts that absorb copier and printer ink into the plastic. Consider covering your paper shit with a laminate of some sort to spare the plastic. I prefer clear packing tape, it's portable, cheap and scalable. Or you could just use a set of printed/copied 3x5 or 5x8 cards with a hole punched in the corner and tied together with 550. I use a modified Rite In The Rain binder with [printed and waterproof-copied] templates I had spun-up at Office Depot. The holes in the paper are actually drilled, not punched. All these ideas are great, but your gonna find what works for you. |
| Ditch all the Army creeds and song BS...unless ur in a POG unit and they actually give a crap about all that Hooah Go Army crap...put stuff in it that will make you and your soldier's lives EASIER SAFER CONVENIENT. Are you REALLY going to NEED the Army Creed handy at all times? Doubtful. Read some of the threads on deployment stuff to keep handy. MEDEVAC, COMMO, Combat Lifesaver, Troop Leading Procedures, etc...that's if you're going to be in the field/deployed type of stuff. Obviously have all your soldiers' SI SN's, contact info, chain of command...blah blah blah... |