People First: PMCS Your Soldiers

If people are our number one priority and resource, we need to invest the time to build trust, ensure they are taken care of, and are mission capable. We do this not because it’s in a manual, but because it’s the right thing to do. Just as we maintain Army equipment as our own, we should maintain our assigned people as our own – with love and as family. This increases effectiveness, teamwork, unit cohesion, mission accomplishment, and embraces an Army family concept, all principles promoted by Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston’s This Is My Squad (TIMS) initiative. This article examines the importance of regular leadership engagement through counseling and mentoring and ends with a personal reflection over events that occurred with subordinates.