Staffing In The Military

The next function is Staffing. Staffing is the achievement of organizational goals through effective and efficient deployment of people. Shahin (2012) noted military personnel are required to train, equip, organize and deploy to support worldwide combat and peacetime contingency operations” (p. 6). Along with meeting these requirements, there are many other military commitments that must be adhered to such as completing various levels of professional military education, general military education, and advancement requirements. Each division within the weapons department is responsible for ensuring their personnel are ordnance certified at the rights levels to ensure the mission can be accomplished safely and expeditiously. In order to achieve
Recruiting, screening and certifications are critical in this process to ensure no one has any medical, mental or physical conditions that would prevent them from handling ordnance. If an individual is involved in an explosive mishap or is involved in an alcohol/drug incident he or she may be held responsible under the Uniform Code of Military Justice articles 112 or 134 (Uniform Code of Military Justice, 2015).

The next function of management is leading. Leading can be defined as stimulating people to be high performers. I believe this aspect of managing is one of the most important functions. Leaders play an important role to guide their employees to achieve higher levels of performance by challenging others to do their best whether you are a young airmen, a second class Petty Officer, a Chief or the Ordnance Handling Officer. To be an effective leader you must have followers. In any organization, people are your greatest strength. Leaders must take the time to invest in their people by motivating, coaching and mentoring, correcting and rewarding their employees. The Weapons Department on board USS Abraham Lincoln consists of 345 personnel,
In an organization, managers use the controlling function to monitor the overall performance to ensure that organizational goals and objectives are being met. Managers should always keep the employees and team members informed as to what they expect from them. This helps reassure the employees that they can depend and trust the management. The controlling function of the ordnance on-load is ensuring that all personnel involved are monitored during the ordnance on-load which take anywhere from 12-48 hours to complete from start to finish. The most effective way of controlling this situation is to have all supervisors in contact with each other by way of hand-help radios. That might sound easy to accomplish but you have to plan to have a supply of charged batteries, and operational charging stations for uncharged batteries. Failure to have effective two way communication can easily cause challenges during an ordnance operation. Not controlling this problem can start your ordnance on-load down the wrong path. This is just one example of how not controlling the situation can disrupt the whole ordnance on-load evolution. Constant monitoring, follow-up, and metrics engage personnel involved in the ordnance on-load evolution advising them on how the on-load plan is being executed helps control the overall attitude of people during long working hours. The most rewarding accomplishment is knowing that you safely moved numerous tons