SgtMaj Carlos Ruiz, 20th SgtMaj of the Marine Corps - "Quality of Life 2030"
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2024
- This episode is a unique look into the mind of one of our service’s senior leaders days before a major hearing. Moreso than a typical CSPAN briefing of soundbites, the lister will be able to hear, in detail, plans to improve quality of life and lethality of Marines. The 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SMMC), Carlos Ruiz, discusses the initiatives he plans to champion during his tenure as the SMMC and how Quality of Life improvement ultimately makes the Marine Corps a more lethal organization and force for the American public.
One of the most transformational questions asked of SgtMaj Ruiz is the state of the barracks. SMMC Ruiz discusses how the Marine Corps, at the most senior levels, are taking positive and tangible action to alleviate this most common and consequential of issues. SMMC Ruiz details the renovation plans and how the ability to move Marines may not be the ideal solution. SMMC Ruiz also details how the ability to press the ‘I believe’ button is important and helps the whole process. One of the key adjacent tangents around the barracks issue is the use of Social Media as both a positive and a negative in allowing leaders to see what is behind typical ‘painting the rocks’ inspections and true issues in the barracks.
The barracks issue leads into larger priorities the SMMC is working on, specifically those issues tied to recruiting and retaining a quality force. The use of quality of life means the individual Marine needs to be looked at as a person and not merely as a number to fill a billet. Understanding that individual Marines have individual goals, lives, and, more importantly, options means the Marine Corps has to compete with a burgeoning American economy and the private sector. This key issue girds a lot of the arguments currently being aligned under Quality of Life 2030 initiatives.
The great tacticians will understand how best to use all of their supporting fires. In the battle to increase the Quality of Life 2030 for Marines, SMMC Ruiz understands and leans into using non-traditional and non-Marine Corps aligned organizations, such as PB Abbatte. Similarly, the increased and prominent use of Social Media allows the SMMC an unvarnished look into the Force and also allows Marines to see others providing skills perhaps unavailable in their own units. 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment is brought up as an example of a unit using Social Media for positive outcomes and showing how other units in the Marine Corps have used this new paradigm to their advantage.
Quality of Life extends to Marines' careers and how they are brought along in their journey to become a future Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Understanding the Marine Corps’ mission ultimately comes first does not mean Marines do not rate to have an honest conversation and transparency in how the Marine Corps plans to use them. Balancing the new generation of empowered, knowledge and opportunity-wise, Marines with the realities of the service is another priority SMMC wants to improve on while in his seat.
While this episode does touch on leadership issues (taking care of subordinates, being a good sensor, and understanding how to accomplish the mission), it is more impactful for understanding the thought process and careful deliberation and contemplation senior/executive level leaders undergo to make their best arguments on behalf of their services and ultimately those who make the majority of those services strength, the enlisted.
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Sgt Maj Ruiz is an outstanfing leader and I had the honor to serve 3 of my 7 year Marine Corps career with him. We served in Iraq together while I was a Sergeant and Mr. Ruiz was a SSGT at the time. Semper Fi and God Bless!
Here after seeing recommendation on my IG. Well, I'm late but that's OK. Listening him (Mr Ruiz) just make me feel spirit even inspired
This is a great podcast. I love that you let him speak and didn't interrupt or barrage him with a thousand different questions. I wish that there was a way that we could get SgtMaj Ruiz to have more than one tour as SMMC. It is so refreshing to see senior leadership be so genuine and give a damn about Marines. The way he speaks, the way he connects with Marines, whether in person or through social media is exactly what we needed. We need to hear directly from our top leaders what they are doing to improve the quality of life of the individual Marine and in the organization overall. No white letters, no SMMC memorandums. Get on camera, speak to us, and connect directly with us. I'm excited that he has figured out how to exploit the benefits of using social media. What a time to be in the Marine Corps! S/F
En plus il est mignon
I feel like the whole force should listen to this episode and subscribe! Will be sharing.
This was an amazing podcast. SgtMaj motivates a lot of us in the Corps right now, I'm even running the Marine Corps Marathon this year because of SgtMaj Ruiz. I hope that more Marines find this outstanding interview.
Thx brother. S/f
Must be too boot to understand, but what's this leather belt/patches thing? It was mentioned like twice and it's ringing no bells.
Referring to throwback Service Alphas. Many Marines are wanting shoulder patches to return (myself included) IE the blue diamond patch on the shoulder of your coat. And I also believe we sported black belts vs our current color matched ones for the Pickle suit.
@derekruiz7288 oh shit I forgot those unit patches were a thing way before our time.
This the same guy who got owned at that hearing when he tried to talk about "buying fire houses" when it came to taking care of service members 😂😂😂