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Company Commander’s Orientation

Echo Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

CPT Mark H. Laflamme

Echo

Enforcers!

Echo

Enforcers!“Enforcing

theStandard”

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During this part of the presentation, include calendars showing the phases and key events.

Discuss the differences between the phases, key events (BRM sequence, etc.), phase testing, mandatory training (covered in detail later), FTX, Family Day and Graduation.

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• Trainees Must Complete:– Obstacle and Confidence Course– All Qualification Courses– All Combatives: RBT / Pugil / Hand to Hand– Gas Chamber– BRM– Throw Two Live Grenades– FTX– All Footmarches (3, 5, 8, 10k)

• P.T. Performance Gates by Phase • Phase Goals linked to Phase Counseling• Limited Re-Fire Attempts for BRM before Newstarts• No Waivers!

Required Training

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The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship.

Courage is only the second.

Poverty, privation and want are the school of the good soldier.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

DUTY HONOR COUNTRYDUTY HONOR COUNTRY

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Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

Qualities of a Soldier

• Competence

• Commitment

• Candor

• Courage

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The Seven Army ValuesThe Seven Army Values

Loyalty -- Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, and other soldiers.

Duty -- Fulfill your obligations, public and private.

Respect -- Treat others as you would want them to treat you.

Selfless Service -- Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own.

Honor -- Live up to all the Army values

Integrity -- Do what is right, legally and morally.

Personal Courage -- Face fear, danger and adversity (physical or moral)

Remember them as LDRSHIP

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Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

It is the soldier who fights; the soldier who bleeds and dies, if he must; it is the soldier who brings home the victory.

Where does he get his devotion?

I wish I could say we issue it to him in the Army but we can only help him find it.

He brings it with him from the family, the church, and the schools of his home town, or he doesn’t bring it at all.

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A good name is more desirable than great riches, to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1

Being a male is a matter of birth; being a man is a matter of choice. Ben Kinchlow

Character is who you are when no one is looking.

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Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

Oath of Enlistment

I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military justice. So help me God.

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Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

Democracy is the best system of government yet devised but it suffers from one grave defect -- it does not encourage those military virtues which, in an envious world, it must frequently depend on for survival.

Major Guy Du Maurier

... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

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As for the enemies of freedom, to those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will not negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it -- now or ever.

Ronald Reagan

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. George Washington

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. Theodore Roosevelt

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-- The Rules --

• Use your Chain of Command

• Don’t break anything

• Don’t lose anything

• No horseplay

• Safety is common sense

Look sharp! Act sharp! Be sharp!

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Using the Chain of CommandUsing the Chain of Command

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Y O U

S quad Leader

D rill S ergean t

F irs t S ergean t

C om m ander

ConcernsProblemsLoyaltyRespect

GuidanceAssistance

LoyaltyRespect

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Delta Company 2-46 Infantry Battalion

Look sharp! Act sharp! Be sharp!

-- Survival Guide --

• Listen to the Drill Sergeant

• Pay attention and learn

• Do the best you can

• Take care of yourself

• Watch out for your Buddy

• Be responsible