The Terrible Essay

So my essay is over the importance of being mission ready, on time, and accountable. I was late to physical training the morning of Tuesday the twenty-second of September of the year two thousand fifteen. This in turn prevented my non-commissioned officer, appointed to keep track of me, from participating in the PRT drills we conduct before physical training. At the time the mission was to conduct PRT and then proceed to physical training. Being late prevented the squad from doing this as a whole, and by doing this I failed my squad, my platoon, my company, my battalion, my brigade, the army, and most importantly myself. The most important part of this experience is the lessons I have learned and my realization of how important accountability and the mission is. If I had been on time I would not be writing this essay, but more importantly my sergeant could have stretched and prevented any possible harm from coming to his body and I would not have taken the command away from our squad so he could come and get my lazy ass out of bed. By also doing this it made him look bad because his soldier could not follow simple directions and wake up at 0550 to be out there no later than 0615. So the importance of accountability comes into play strongly here. Being accountable for your own actions is a massive part of the army its expected from all soldiers regardless of rank. Another big part is accepting you made a mistake and preventing it from happening in the future. An NCO must watch and know where multiple soldiers are at all times, and when he can’t give a valid reason his soldier is not where he is supposed to be it makes the sergeant look as if he is unable to account for his soldiers. Now if the soldiers aren’t accountable for their own actions there is no way the soldiers will ever be mission ready. Being mission ready means you are accountable for your equipment, your battle buddies, and yourself. If any of these things are unaccounted for you truly cant say you are...