Military Training Process

The United States Navy became my home in 1989. This organization gave me the opportunity to make something of myself and learn how to deal with life. In many ways you can say that this organization provided me the tools to reinvent myself and discover what potential was locked away inside my soul. After many years of learning, instruction, and facilitating I realized that there is a point in your career where you want to give back and share what you have learned with others in order for them to benefit from the situation as you did. According to Senge (2006, p.79) “Reinforcing loops are the engines of growth and whenever you find yourself in a situation where things are growing, there is reinforcing feedback going on”. The Navy has been a reinforcing
This unit or squadron was unique, because I was only there due to a severe injury on my leg that required a major surgery. The first few weeks I was getting acclimated to my surroundings and I began meeting all the different department heads and personnel in the unit. This squadron was considered a training squadron, because pilots come here to recertify their status as pilots, learn to operate newer technology, become test pilots for military defense projects or become flight instructors. The unique thing about this organization is that it was comprised mostly of senior personnel and there were very few enlisted members in the unit. In my first month at this unit I realized that there was very little communication up and down the chain of command. There were a few instances where I had gotten information after an event had been scheduled or already occurred. The fact that my department worked directly for the public affairs officer made this even more disturbing. The biggest problem I noticed in this unit was that people had
18.) This learning disability is one that creates a self-entitlement and lack of vision. There is a huge misunderstanding and lack of acceptance that they are a member of an organization that works to make things better regardless of their position. The pilots had a lack of focus on the bigger picture and failed to see that there are rules, policies, and guidelines that affect everyone. The pilots felt that because of their title or position they did not have to or need to do certain things. They felt above the law and expressed a great deal of non-compliance. This in turn created chaos in the organization and killed morale of those that were subjected to that type of