The truly committed NCO believes and lives by this creed. When faced with an NCO that is not living up to this creed it becomes difficult for everyone associated with them. In the scenario presented it appears that the NCO mentioned is not living up the leader portion of the excerpt above. The difficulty comes in the potential of hurting his pride as an NCO and informing him that he is unsuitable for the job. Another leadership challenge came when this came to the attention of other personnel. If the leader allowed it to continue for too long I believe it would have given the impression that not living up to the standard is acceptable. The fact that the NCO was not meeting the standard is detrimental to the mission.
