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Marine Corps Reflective Essay

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My training occurred in one of the finest leadership schools in the world: the United States Marine Corps. Consequently, my instruction was not delivered by a professor in a university lecture hall. Rather, my leadership skills were acquired through interaction with every Marine leader I met; in every moment of every hour of every day; in every detail, every action, and every contingency. For ten years as a Marine officer, I was immersed in a culture of excellence built upon a foundation of teamwork, shared sacrifice, and core values which inculcated within me an indelible understanding of the importance of leadership.
Former Commandant of the Marine Corps, General John Lejeune, once said, “Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect,

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