Accountability in Military

Accountability is very important because it allows for your chain of command to know where you are at at the moment..

It is also important because it tells the unit commanders how many personnel are available to perform certain tasks...

If a leader does not know how many troops are available then he/she will not know who is available to do what.

Gear/equipment is also to be accounted for to have the "readiness" numbers and to make sure that the enemy is not getting a hold of your gear..

Everything must be accounted for, from food, to rounds, to troops, to vehicles, to fuel, etc etc.

It is very crucial; to know what is available at all times..LOGISTICS.

Accountability doesn't just mean showing up on time. It means responsibility. It means that if you fail your small part of the mission (to be on time), you must be held liable for your failure. Let's say you were supposed to depart for a mission outside the wire on a deployment. You are late to the convoy brief, the convoy brief must be given to you again, everyone is late to mount up, and the convoy misses its SP time (departure). The Infantry unit waiting to link up with your convoy for additional protection might get ambushed because your convoy is late. All because you didn't arrive on time.

Accountability also reflects the responsibility the unit has over each and every person in that unit. Everyone is required to report for duty so that the commander can verify that he/she has all the unit personnel. If you don't show up and nobody notices, the commander reports 100% accountability, and then they find your body 3 days later, that opens up a sh** storm like you wouldn't be able to imagine.

Communication - this is an easy one. All you had to do was contact your PSG before the formation time and tell him/her you were alive and none of this would have happened. Oh, you'd still get in trouble for being late, but not to this degree.