Role as a Military Officer

¶ … Role as a Military Officer can be defined in correlation of a couple of fundamental pillars that define the chosen profession and that have contributed to my initial choice of serving in the army.

First of all, my role is to ensure the security of my homeland. Indeed, in a global context that is constantly under threat from the terrorist phenomenon and where extremist groups are working against peace measures and a secure climate, a military officer has to make sure that his fellow nationals are safe from any outside, external factor. I aim, to the best of my ability, to provide my entire efforts in this direction.

In the same framework, my role is to promote and sustain the development and spread of democracy and democratic values worldwide, on a global basis. Indeed, the Western democratic community has based its existence on a commonly accepted set of core values, values that have to be defended at a global level against factors threatening them.

Second of all, my role will be to become a leader in the field of activity I have chosen. The army and the military is, among other things, an enterprise of natural born leaders and this is exactly what I intend to be. A true leader will be able to motivate his men, to lead them into battle, but, at the same time, protect them as the most important assets the commander has. A leader will also need to be an expert in his field, so that the others will follow his orders knowing that these are the best decisions to be taken that respective moment, in the given conditions. General coordination, organization and management will be an among the leader's goals.

A leader has to be prepared not only to uphold and sustain responsibilities, but also to be able to transmit these to those operating in his order, to ensure that they understand the instruments and methods by which these responsibilities will be fulfilled and the consequences if they are not abided by. Within the general framework of abiding by the elements of order and to respecting the indications given by the superiors, applicable to everybody in the troop, my role will be to transmit them to everybody under my direct subordination.

My role as a military officer will also be directed towards strengthening the connection between the military and the civil society. Obviously, our role is to protect the civilians, but, additionally, our role is also resuming to coordinating our policies and instruments so as to obtain the best results on the objectives we have commonly set out to reach. I have already enumerated these previously, so we know what these are. It is necessary to ensure that we stand on the same side of the barricade, that we are committed to the same goals, that we understand the plan of action and how to perform it to the best of our capacities in order to make sure we act efficiently.