Senior TAC
Becoming a Military Officer
Good officers are competent, moral and ethical, and I strive to have those qualities and to demonstrate them in my daily life. The reason I want to be a military officer is rooted in this desire: there can be nothing greater that to live a life that is virtuous and good. With the skills I have learned and the guidance given by my commanding officers, I am confident that I am ready to advance to the next stage in my military career as I pursue the values that I want to cultivate in myself and in others through my example and effective leadership. Responsibility and accountability have always been appealing to me because I see how without them Western society cannot achieve the great goals that it has consistently accomplished in the past. Through strength of character, morality, leadership and intellect, the way forward can be prepared -- and I want to partake in that preparation as a military officer.
From me as a military officer, society expects a number of things: first, it expects good leadership. As an officer, it would be my duty to guide and direct those under my command, to remind them of their duty, to lead through my own moral example, and to insist on attending to and upholding the defining characteristics of our great society. Western civilization...
As an officer, I must stand and face this threat. This brings us to the second point that society expects from me as a military officer: the ability to defend. An officer is nothing if he is not competent. Therefore, I must exude competence and skill and always be aware of my surroundings and the situation with which I and my fellow soldiers are tasked. Thirdly, society expects from me the kind of ethical leadership that can adequately and rightfully respond to the stresses of combat situations so that there are no occurrences which might give society a reason to feel ashamed of its soldiers. Fourthly, it expects someone who can listen, learn and lead without difficulty. Making a positive impact in the lives of others is one of the most important things a man can do, and such an impact is doubly expected of an officer because he represents in his person the front line of a nation's protecting force and without him there can be no line of defense or security for the homeland.
Three of my soon to be responsibilities as an officer will be to take care of the people of my command, to be accountable, and to uphold and defend the Constitution to which I take an oath of loyalty. To take care of my…
