THE PROFESSION WE WORK IN HAS A STEEP LEARNING CURVE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS DANGEROUS AND UNFORGIVING. WE ARE PAID WELL TO BE THE PROTECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS BY TAKING ACTION AND MAKING QUICK LIFE OR DEATH DECISIONS.
THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY OF US IN THIS SOCIETY THAT POSSESS THE COURAGE AND INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO MAKE THAT PUSH DOWN A LONG, HOT, DARK HALLWAY TO PROTECTOR THY NEIGHBOR..
BUT WE DO...
MOST EVERYONE I KNOW CAN PUSH PAPER AROUND EFFECTIVELY. MAKE BIG STACKS OF PAPER INTO LITTLE STACKS OF PAPER, AND BACK TO BIG STACKS. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, IT DOES NOT PUT OUT FIRES OR SAVE A LIFE DURING CPR...
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT MOVING PAPER DOES NOT HAVE ITS PLACE IN OUR PROFESSION. THESE PAPERS DELIVER SERVICE IN THE FORM OF SUPPORTING TRAINING, PURCHASING EQUIPMENT, AND PROVIDING STAFFING LEVELS THAT ENABLE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO PERFORM AT ELITE LEVELS WHEN THE TIME COMES...
THE ROLE OF OUR LEADERS IS TO BE TECHNICALLY AND TACTICALLY PROFICIENT AND GIVE THOSE THAT SERVE BELOW THEM THE TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOBS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IF OUR LEADERS ARE NOT DOING THAT THEN THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS, PERIOD...
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT OUR SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS MUST NEVER BE COMPROMISED BY THE NEED TO FURTHER ONES CAREER OR A POLITICAL AGENDA. WE OWE IT TO EACH OTHER TO TAKE A STAND ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER. WE MUST REALIZE THAT NOT EVERY FIGHT MUST BE WON...
WE CANNOT LET LEADERSHIP BECOME NOTHING MORE THEN A JOKE. WHEN IT DOES, THOSE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HAVE LOST THE PRIVILEGE TO LEAD AND THAT IS VERY HARD TO GET BACK...
LET US ALL REMEMBER WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO...IT ISNT TO BE THE BUSIEST, IT ISNT TO WEAR A COOL UNIFORM, IT ISNT FOR THE HEADLINES AND IT FOR SURE IS NOT FOR THE MONEY...IT IS BECAUSE WE TOOK A OATH TO STAND BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORS AND UNRESTRAINED FIRE, TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR PROPERTY AND TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED...
REMEMBER THAT BEING A LEADER IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT...
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