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a leader is someone who influence

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others by sharing knowledge experience

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and mentoring them . Um So they can

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be successful both in their personal

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and professional life . During our time

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in the Advanced leader course we

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conducted physical readiness training

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early in the morning regardless of the

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military occupational specialty that we

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have . We're all soldiers soldiers

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are required to stay ready mentally and

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physically . Every day one of the

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students had the opportunity to be the

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pt instructor of the day . They decided

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what exercise the rest of us we're

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going to follow . And at the end we did

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the after action review . Being here at

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A . L . C . Had taught me what it means

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to be a true leader . The survey in

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Leader is a great definition of what an

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N . C . O . Should be to be able to

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humble myself and to be there for my

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soldiers when they needed . In our

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advanced leaders course every morning

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we discuss contemporary issues

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revolving around the world and the

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military in general . I think it's very

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interesting and insightful , especially

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since our class is very small . There's

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a lot of knowledge in our class coming

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from different backgrounds and

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different duty stations . We get to

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share our opinions on these stories and

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these issues as pr professionals and I

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think it's very insightful for

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everybody as public affairs N . C . O .

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S . It is crucial that we know what's

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going on around the world and in the

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military . We are the liaisons between

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the military and the media and the

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outside world in general . So

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discussing these contemporary issues

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gives us a little bit of insight into

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what's going on . It keeps us abreast

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and informed as well as the public as a

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public affairs noncommissioned officer .

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I believe that the majority of my work

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involves producing information products ,

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but also helping and mentoring the

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junior listed , so they are proficient

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in their assignments . The Advanced

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Leader course helped me understand

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better the concept of operation in the

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public affairs . I believe that the

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Advanced Leaders course was beneficial

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for me and my peers because we were

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able to build a solid relationship with

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R . S . D . L . S . Within these four

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weeks , we've also been able to build a

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network with service members and PR

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professionals all around the globe . We

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have service members from Germany ,

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Colombia , Puerto , rico hawaii and

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even locally from the United States . I

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feel like this is necessary for all

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peer professionals to continue to build

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that network in PMS like this