Transcript LWMA POLICY LETTERS: TACTICAL OFFICER DUTIES

TACTICAL OFFICER
LEADERSHIP
Tactical Officers are
Individual Developers
I believe
that no other
faculty or staff member
has as much direct effect on the
cadet
and his
success as does the
Tactical Officer.
Colonel Bill Jenrette
Your success as a leader developer is
keyed
to your ability in selecting and combining
the proper role(s) for the situation.
• You will be a ROLE MODEL – setting the
standard for cadets in all areas.
• You will be a TEACHER, ADVISOR, and
MENTOR – teaching, training, guiding, and
providing feedback for each cadet’s
growth.
• You will be a DISCIPLINARIAN – enduring
fair and impartial application of the
discipline system.
• Finally, you will be a JUDGE – making an
overall evaluation of each cadet’s
suitability for leadership positions,
promotions, and continued attendance at
the Academy.
TACS ARE
LEADER DEVELOPERS
ROLE MODEL
ACTIVITIES
TEACHER,
ADVISOR,
MENTOR
SPORTS
ACADEMIC Parent
Support
JUDGE
DISCIPLINARIAN
HIGH STANDARDS
• High personal standards of conduct,
appearance and military professionalism are
basic requirements of the Tactical Officer.
• Establish a desirable role model for cadets to
emulate.
• Do not use profanity in the presence of your
cadets.
• DO NOT HAVE PORNOGRAPHY ON CAMPUS
PRIMARY DUTIES
• The Tactical Officer’s primary duty is to ensure that
Cadet Regulations and school policy are enforced and
to develop the leadership potential of each cadet.
• Inherent in this duty is the responsibility to observe,
critique and evaluate cadet along each
developmental path (academic, physical, military and
moral-ethical).
• Teaching, counseling, inspecting and constantly
observing will consume most of your time.
•
Maintain contact with parents by phone, or directly
when they are on campus – keep them informed of
their son’s progress. This is important in the retention of
quality cadets.
TEACH AND CRITIQUE CADET LEADERS
− Enforce high standards through the cadet chain of
command. This includes instruction, inspection and
on-the-spot corrections.
− Insuring your company is awake. You should not
wake them up, but insure that the cadet company
has an appropriate system; then supervise its
execution.
− Make sure formations are conducted properly.
Teach and critique leaders on how they are doing.
− Spot-check cadet appearance, especially leaders
and follow up for corrective actions.
INSPECT CADETS ROOMS
CADET LEADERSHIP SHOULD INSPECT FIRST
− Inspect cadet rooms each day between 0745-1200.
− Post results on the company bulletin board.
− Check to insure the company leaders follow-up on
results.
− Turn in weekly inspection list NLT Friday of each
week.
− Make sure each cadet in your unit(s) is engaged in
an afternoon activity.
− No cadet should be sleeping or loitering on campus
between 1600 and 1800.
STUDY HALL
− Make sure your company is prepared for evening
study hall.
− Company Commanders should maintain order.
− No one other than Company Commanders,
Executive Officers, or First Sergeants should be
allowed in the hall.
− Visiting is not allowed and study passes, approved
by the Academic Department or Commandant, is
the only valid ways for a cadet to be out of his
room during ESH.
TAPS
− Check your company at Taps.
− Make sure the Taps report is submitted properly
by the Company Commander or First
Sergeant.
When you leave the company at night,
• you should know that all your cadets are
accounted for
• Cadets will be in their room with lights out,
• Late lights authorized by the Commandant.
YOU MUST DEVELOP THE CADETS
Maintain a system for knowing how your cadets are
doing in all of their developmental environments
to include:
• the classroom,
• on the sports field,
• activities, and
• in the company area.
• Talk to teachers, check homework, get grades
from the Academic Department, etc.
• Stress academic excellence.
DRILL AND CEREMONY
•
The JROTC Department in conjunction with the Military
Department should establish what will be taught.
•
Know ahead what drill will be covered; BE PREPARED TO
TEACH YOUR CADETS
•
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING YOUR CADETS.
•
You are the primary instructor for your unit during this
period.
•
The JROTC Department will establish competitions
between units.
•
Disorganized drill periods are boring and wasteful.
CLOTHING INVENTORY
• Conduct periodic clothing inventory to make sure
each cadet has his OWN CLOTHES. (WEEKLY)
• Issue uniforms and other clothing
• Ensure cadets do not have someone else’s
CLOTHING.
• Make sure your cadets are counting and
recording their laundry count out and in, and
Squad Leaders are supervising.
• Make sure prompt action is taken to correct
shortages through supply.
DINING HALL PROCEDURES
− Monitor dining hall procedures.
− Cadet table manners need improvement.
− Also, cadets can eat all they want, but eat all
they take –
− do not allow food to be wasted.
− Dining hall seats will be assigned so that Squad
Leaders and Platoon Sergeants are eating with
their assigned cadets.
FULL ATTENTION TO CADETS
• These items certainly are not an all inclusive list of
responsibilities, but it does cover many of the
most important.
• Additionally, each Tactical Officer will be given
an area of cadet recreation for which he is
responsible.
• These are primarily weekend activities, but not in
every case.
• You must give these your full attention to insure
that cadets enjoy the LWMA experience
COUNSELING –
COMPLETE THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
• The Tactical Officer will counsel each cadet
formally a minimum of once per month.
• ALL Cadets of concern will receive, as a
minimum, monthly counseling.
• Tactical Officers will use Cadet Counseling Forms
to record the sessions.
• These will be kept on file by the Tactical Officer for
the current school year.
CADET & NCO OF THE MONTH BOARD
• EACH COMPANY WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND A
MIMINUM OF TWO CADETS FOR EACH OF THE
ABOVE BOARDS.
• TACS ARE REQUIRED TO ENSURE CADETS ARE
PREPARED FOR THE BOARDS.
• CADET LEADERSHIP WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THE MONTHLY BOARDS.
YOU ARE THE KEY
• As a Tactical Officer,
• You are responsible for what happens in the
company and the individual development of your
cadets.
• You are the KEY to ensuring each of our cadets
reaches his full potential.
• The primary duty of every Tactical Officer is
individual leader development…make winners!