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- Is responsible for all the company does or fails to do.
- Keeps the battalion commander apprised of the status of the company at all times.
- Ensures the company is prepared to accomplish its assigned mission in a satisfactory manner.
- Is an expert in drill.
Duties of the Company Commander
- Command the company at all formations.
- Ensure that all members of the company know and use the chain of command.
- Consult the training schedule, study the drill references, and ensure that you and your subordinates are prepared to instruct.
- Check with the instructor staff daily prior to formation to obtain any changes or other information they may want announced.
- Seek advise from the battalion commander.
- Execute the orders of the battalion commander as if they were your orders, even though you may personally disagree with them.
- Conduct short inspections at every formation, making on-the-spot corrections as necessary; follow-up to ensure that deficiencies from earlier inspections are corrected.
- Make each cadet an effective member of the team; take an interest in them and their problems; offer advice and help them to solve their problems.
- Keep the company executive officer informed in case of your absence.
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