Accountibilty

PVT. Sturm, Nikolus

01Mar2015

The Importatence of Accountablity in the Army.

Accountability is the act of taking responsibility for that which falls under your domain in other words, it’s doing what you say you’re going to do. Accountability is the cornerstone of integrity, which is the result of consistent honesty and responsibility in your actions. In the military, it is absolutely imperative that you do what you say you’re going to do and that you agree to be held accountable for those orders that are directed specifically to you or those in your command. A breakdown in leadership and responsibility can be bad anywhere, but it has the potential to be downright catastrophic in the military.

Accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. Now for the Army, it becomes an obligation more than“willingness” while you have to be willing to do it as well. Those that are unable to be accountable are the ones that jeopardize the combat readiness of any unit. Basically it is the understanding that from the bottom up, top down and laterally everyone in between is going to do and is willing to do the right thing even when no one else is looking, this is called integraty it is one of the seven core army values. This is practiced at your home base where everyone is assigned tasks and details not only including your own job that you are expected to do and do right but hold others accountable as well. Doing the job correctly and ensuring others do it as well and do it safely are all part of accountability in the military as one does not have to experience combat to understand that just being in the military is inherently dangerous given the types of equipment and weapons that are used to train and deploy with. As an example any live weapons range you go to you're given a safety brief to ensure everyone is a "range safety” meaning anyone can call a cease fire if they observe dangerous behavior or a situation regardless...