Accountability
Essay by 24 • April 29, 2011 • 1,180 Words (5 Pages) • 1,780 Views
Accountability
Accountability is an important thing to a soldier because it helps him or her to keep track of stuff that is vital to ones and others safety. The U.S. army values soldiers that are accountable for their actions. Being accountable means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time. Morning formation is the most important formation of the day. It is made to get accountability of everyone and put out any information that there needs to be dealt with. Without having accountability there does not know of where everybody is or what's going on. As a result of me showing up late and not calling in I am pending U.C.M.J. action under article 15. Know knowing the severity, I have realized that is an important asset always showing up on time at the right place of duty. Not only does accountability matter in formation it is also imperative to have accountability of all your weapons and sensitive items. Incase of something happening spontaneously and you don't have a clue where you weapon or sensitive items are, but then you really need them.
I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values. I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.
The most important part in the Soldiers Creed more me in this moment and time is I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself. I now realize the severity of losing my id card because what if the enemy got a hold of my id card, he could have pasted his picture over mine and no one would tell the difference. With that being said, I could have put myself and others in harms way, because of that stupid and idiotic thing that I have done I now have to pay the price for doing something so retarded. One form of accountability is best found in an anime called “Bleach”. The reason for it is that toward the end of the first season and the second season, a character in the series known as Rukia gave a guy named Ichigo her death god powers to him so he can save his family and friends, but in the end other death gods came after Rukia because she stayed in the human world for the point they found out that she gave her death god powers to Ichigo and because of that, Rukia was taken back to the soul society to face her punishment for she has done. A death god that gives his or her powers to a human is punishable by death and that was Rukia’s punishment for she had done. To say
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