Differences Of Leadership In A Marine Infantry Team

• While in a Marine Infantry unit there will be a multitude of personnel assigned to your command. These Marines come from every walk of life, all fifty-states, and different countries. This means you will have different religions and a variety of cultures mixed in. In a combat situation there is no place for these indifference. Through leadership you must teach them that there is no difference between the religion or culture, all Marines are green despite color or creed. The transformation begins in an Recruit Depot either at Parris Island, SC or San Deigo, CA. Recruits are broke down and built back up as seen fit by the Marine Corps standards. The process continues long after Boot Camp is over. It is through rigorous training and exercises

that camaraderie and unit cohesion is forged. One such example, my unit went through was Advanced Urban Combat Course or for short (AUC). This course is three weeks long of shooting and communication within close quarters live fire shoot house. It is in this type of situation where you must trust one another with your lives for the sake of the mission, foundations built of true camaraderie. As a leader in these training situations, it is imperative that you help this grow among the marines. In a conversation with my squad, I once asked one of my Marines what it was like to be part of his religion, which happened to be of the Mormon faith. He began to tell us the history of his religion and how it started with Joseph Smith. From there the conversation between the Marines sparked with the comparisons between their own beliefs became not to tell who’s was right or wrong but to understand one another. As evidence of the above, I have attached Tab C-8, Certificate of completion from AUC.