I hate counseling.  Monthly, performance, event, negative, or positive it doesn’t matter.  I know as an NCO its one of my primary duties and its a necessary component to growing good soldiers and future leaders.  That doesn’t mean I hate it any less.

Right now, I am trying to finish up the monthly performance counselings for my soldiers.  In general, they are a good group of soldiers and the complete most things well.  However, like most of us, they have their moments and thats why I hate doing counseling.  Here I am trying to impart my advice and mentorship to a young soldier and I have my failings as well.  In all reality, who am I to tell them what kind of person they should be.  I am really no better.  I make plenty of mistakes.  None of us are perfect, and as this site states I am most definitely far from perfect.  However, I am expected to guide them along the right path.

Some things are not hard to evaluate.  There are set standards and they are rated against those standards.  Its the less black and white areas that plague me the most.  How do I impart what little wisdom I have been granted in my time on this planet to someone else?  How do I try to keep them on the right track when I am never really sure if I am on the right track?  I just hope I am doing and saying the right things and the best ends will come of it. 

It turns out, that none of the other squad leaders have ever even done a counseling.  Outside of myself and the Platoon Sergeant, they are all brand new NCOs with little experience.  So on top of my counselings, I am assisting them with theirs.

Its a wonder I sleep at all!

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