Mentoring and Dead Sea Scrolls

And so begins the journey into the unknown. At least up until now. I have stepped off into the deep black void, that while known to all, is seldom referenced, never exercised, and essentially a forgotten attribute. Tomorrow I venture into the art of mentoring. I go with the pure purpose of counseling and the driven endstate to affect the outcome, albeit His will be done. The first test lies simply in the process of:

1) clearly stating the required standards of performance
2) letting the junior leader know they are a valued member of the organization
3) identifying the result for failure to achieve the clearly stated standards

It is as though this art was lost thousands of years ago with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The probability of discovering the Lost Ark or the Dead Sea Scrolls often seems more realistic than the actual mentoring of junior leaders. Who is my mentor? Am I a protoge'? Why the secrecy?

As a 5-year CPT with all military and civilian education complete (to include anti-terrorism, unit movement officer, and commander's safety course), why am I labeled as a non-eligible for promotion CPT? What series of lunar landings must I acquire to be held as a legitimate contributor to the program that I helped bring integrity into? Why can I not be given a road map to success by senior leaders?

I will never receive the map that I so desire. I accept that. I WILL, however, give subordinate leaders their maps. In the absence of guidance from the HICOM, I will assume that the values to be bestowed upon the new leadership echoes that of senior regular army leadership. That is my starting point.

Let the excavation begin.