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TALKING POINT: Never has the Marine Corps needed its Company Grade SNCOs more than it needs them now

TALKING POINT: Never has the Marine Corps needed its Company Grade SNCOs more than it needs them now

Update: 2025-03-21
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NEVER in the history of the Marine Corps has it needed the leadership abilities of its Staff Non-Commissioned Officer corps more than it does today. In today’s “Talking Point,” Mac expands on the theme of “It’s not my job to parent and life coach young Marines” — something he hears wherever he goes to speak to Marines, Sailors, and leaders.

In today’s “Talking Point,” Mac discusses the Post-Traumatic Winning Leader Class he’s given for the past three years to officers and staff non-commissioned officers wherever he speaks. The class attempts to develop a “terrain model” for leaders… explaining to them the world they lead in. Here are the components of the PTW Terrain Model:







* The prevalence of childhood trauma (adverse childhood experiences – ACEs) in the All-Volunteer Force in general and in the Marine Corps in particular.

* How the environment young Americans grow up in today contributes to their greater fragility, and how digital technology promotes individual isolation.

* How leaders are unsure where the leadership line ends and the mental health line begins, which begets the phrase “it’s not my job” when Marine Staff Non-Commissioned Officers speak to Mac.

* Finally, Mac discusses how the most senior leader who is with junior Marines has grown in importance due to the greater fragility of young Americans.






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TALKING POINT: Never has the Marine Corps needed its Company Grade SNCOs more than it needs them now

TALKING POINT: Never has the Marine Corps needed its Company Grade SNCOs more than it needs them now

Michael F. McNamara