Author : Capt Hutagalung IAF, Checked by Maj Thrush USAF
YOUR EDUCATION AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
We live to learn and we learn to
live, both of them like two sides of the coin which always together in our live.
Like Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The school is the last expenditure upon
which America should be willing to economize.”[i]
From this quote, we know that how education is very important for a country.
Indonesian Air Force is an integral part of Indonesian country, and one of
operation squadron from Indonesian Air Force is Squadron 7th. Such
as all squadron in Indonesian Air Force, my squadron also has education
planning for all of officers, especially a pilot. On the other hand, my
squadron activity as a helicopter squadron is very busy to support my air
force duty in dedication to the nation. However, some officers in my squadron did not use their school opportunity to gain
more knowledge maximally, moreover they make their precious times became useless.
It is better if they utilize that rare school opportunities to improve their
self-capability, furthermore they will able to enhance quality of squadron 7th
in the future.
Squadron 7th as an
operation squadron has primary task to support air operations and secondary
task to educate young helicopter pilots.[ii] Beside
we have a scheduled activities, my squadron also get impromptu task from upper
unit frequently. All of them make my squadron activity highly busy, and it is cut
percentages of officers to get education such as school or course. Furthermore, this opportunities
become lower because of some educations which able to officer are limited. And
sometimes not all officers are willing to join an education program for any
reasons. Because of that, my squadron commander has to think very carefully to
choose a right man and a right time for entering an education program.
No one is prefect in this world, maybe this is the best expression to explain the condition in my squadron. Even though my commander has chosen an officer who attended
the education program with full consideration, but some of the officers with no responsibility wasted their precious time. This officers give example about Virtue Ethic Framework in negative side which concerned with what kind of person they should be and what their actions indicate about their character.[iii] During the education day, they thought it was a refreshing time or just escape from their daily activity, so they neglected their responsibility to study. Because they never pay attention to their lessons, so when their education time was over, they did not improve anything for themselves. Moreover, when they come back to squadron, they may give negative influence from other members, because their ethic framework become a bad example for entire squadron.
In that situation, it was better if we chose other ethic framework like Consequentialist Ethical Framework which focus on the future effects of the possible courses of action, considering the people who will be directly or indirectly affected.[iv] We have to take the maximum benefit from our education program opportunity, we not only absorb knowledge from that, but also gain as much as experiences from all of good aspects. And while we return back to our squadron, we can share our experiences to other members and hopefully they will have same level of understanding like us. Eventually, this understanding will increase knowledge from all squadron members and when we apply that to our squadron, it will improve our squadron performance certainly.
Finally, I realize that education have an important portion within each level organization, and I start from my operation unit at Squadron 7th until my country stage. Although some of no responsible officers in my squadron did not use educational opportunities wisely and bring negative effect to other members. Necessarily as a good officer, we should utilize our education program time to gain as much as experiences which will useful to our squadron. Because the best air force is compounded by all best squadrons, and the best squadron is compounded by all best officers.
[i] Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Quotes”,
http://www.englishindo.com/2011/11/kata-mutiara-pendidikan-bahasa-inggris.html#ixzz4wHxpdI4J
[ii] Letkol Pnb Dedi Permadi, Benih
Mekar Dari Kalijati Prajurit Kuda Terbang, Semangat
Prajurit Kuda Terbang, March 2003, p.1-8
[iii] Maj Chris Callaway, Fundamentals
of Ethics – A Student Primer, ethical
framework, May 2017, p.2
[iv] Sheila Bonde, Paul Firenze, James
Green, Margot Grinberg, Josephine Korijn, Emily Levoy, Alysha Naik, Laura Ucik
and Liza Weisberg, A Framework for
Making Ethical Decisions, Frameworks For
Ethical Decision-Making, May 2013, p.6-7
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