The Royal Canadian Regiment - 20 Questions
Sergeants and Warrant Officers
- MWO John Barnes
- Sgt Matt Dixon
- Sgt Anthony Jones
- Sgt J.D. Logan
- CWO T.L. Riddle
- WO E.J. Rolfe
- Sgt Michael Womack
- Sgt J.J. Vanhantsaeme
The Regimental Adjutant is looking for Royal Canadians who can provide answers to these "20 Questions - Sergeants and Warrant Officers" from a different decade or a different unit perspective than those presented above. If you would like to participate in the "20 Questions" program, please submit your responses to the questions below to the Regimental Adjutant (link to contact page).
20 Questions - Sergeants and Warrant Officers
Please provide: Name, rank achieved, years of service with The RCR (from -
to)
1. What year were you recruited? What year were you
promoted to the rank of Sergeant?
2. Which Battalions of the Regiment and in which
Companies have you served?
3. What units have you served in outside the four
Battalions of the Regiment?
4. How many years did you spend at each rank level
before you were promoted to Sergeant?
5. What leadership training did you have to take before
your promotion to Sergeant? When and where did you take this training and how
long was the course?
6. Were there any particular events that inspired you
during your advancement to the Sergeants' and Warrant Officers' Mess?
7. What do you feel was the most valuable lesson you
received as a developing leader?
8. What was your first appointment on promotion to the
rank of Sergeant?
9. When you commanded a rifle section, what vehicles,
weapons and equipment did your section have?
10. What was your most challenging appointment as a
Sergeant or Warrant Officer?
11. What did you find most rewarding about your
responsibilities as a Sergeant or Warrant Officer?
12. What training experiences have you found most
rewarding for yourself and your soldiers?
13. What training experiences did you find that best
promoted your professional development as an NCO?
14. What operational missions have you served on as a
Sergeant or Warrant Officer?
15. What was the most useful skill you learned that was
taught as essential for a Sergeant or Warrant Officer to know?
16. What was the least useful skill you learned that you
were told would be essential for a Sergeant or Warrant Officer to know?
17. What type of training do you think would have been
more useful to receive, or to receive more of, before being promoted to Sergeant
and assuming the leadership responsibilities of that rank?
18. What job or task have you had that you think every
new Senior NCO should experience?
19. If you could give advice to a young soldier starting
his or her military career in the Infantry, what would you offer?
20. If you could give advice to a young NCO about to be
promoted into the Sergeant's and Warrant Officers' mess, what would you offer?
And, for extra credit:
21. Accepting that "no names, no pack drill" is a time
honoured practice ..... what was the most outrageous act you remember a peer
having to present himself to the RSM to explain?
Can you provide a photograph of yourself from that period of your career?
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