Becoming A CPL

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The are many reasons a CPL needs to be qualified to be a CPL, In this essay I will name a few. To start, a CPL is to me the backbone of the marine corps. yes you have your SNCO's, SGTs, your Officers, and your troops. officers and SNCO's doing the administrative work and mission planning, SGT's doing micro managing the CPL's and below, and Troops doing the dirty work in the trench's. but your CPL's are where your your main work comes from. Their the ones right there next to the troops doing the dirty work side by side while still supervising every peice of work or mission that is being done. to be a CPL you need to be efficiant at your MOS. know anything and almost everything bout what yyou have to do. also they need to be physicaly fit, running…show more content…
and a 2141 my job of keeping an AAV up and running is the most crucial part of Tracking. A mechanic can operate an AAV yes but if a mech doesn't keep his vehicles in working order then an 1833 can't do his job. i beleive i have what it takes to take my skills and pass them down to the upcoming mechanics that will be under me in the future. I have had a bad past especially in my current platoon. I've lied about things that i stongly regret and have had the reprecussions for. I beleive I've Become NCO material becuase of the Marines i work for. Ive learned alot more in this platoon learning on the go in the crunch time of operations. keeping my vehicles ready to go at all time. weather it be a little part that takes ten minutes to replace or staying up all night working through the night and fighting being tired to replace a transmission. i may not be the best at my job but the next best thing is i am willing to learn, i am willing to do what it takes to be the best. and i have the best mechanics above me to do so. I may not be the best fit marine in the platoon or i may not ever be the best fit. but i have the endurance, fatigue, and strength to get the job and mission done. In conclusion if i were to be promoted to CPL i beleive i could better myself along with

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