On the other hand, says Pinkley, you should be clear-eyed about what will happen if you stay at a company that is offering buyouts. Chances are good that your workload will increase as others take buyouts and the staff shrinks. You may not be working with the colleagues you have come to enjoy.
To be successful, a platoon sergeant must be organized, detail-oriented and able to maintain a positive attitude so that each subordinate will perform to her potential and benefit the entire unit.
Platoon Leader is a 1988 Cannon Films film set in the Vietnam War and directed by Aaron Norris; it starred Michael Dudikoff and Michael DeLorenzo and was filmed in South Africa. The film is about a newly commissioned infantry lieutenant who arrives in Vietnam to take over his first platoon.