A lack of leadership involvement in the military’s logistical arena has caused numerous unnecessary problems. The lack of leader involvement prevents the enforcement of procedures and regulations that deter the misappropriation of military...
Affirmative action is a necessary tool to combat past discrimination but the application of this tool is often met with increased passion for and against it. Minorities tend to feel that their advancements should be on their own merit while the...
All professionals must have a code of ethics, for it is in observing such
obligations that one becomes a member of the profession. There can be no military
profession without a code of ethics. Ethical situations in units during preparation...
Although numerous senior NCOs fail to become professional leaders, it is up to the rest of us to set the example and demonstrate on what right looks like. Few senior leaders set the example but many will falter by turning their head the other way...
Americans over time have been disappointed with the ethical treatment of Prisoners of War. Since World War I, through our present conflicts we as a nation have paid close attention to how human beings are treated when they become captured. Most...
An elusive enemy that uses the noncombatant populace as an effective defense creates, over time, a growing ethical dilemma within the Army between self-preservation and strictly following laws and regulations and causes a cascade of effects. A...
As a nation actively involved in the Global War on Terrorism, some of the dilemmas
we face include; growing a force at a rapid pace, increased deployment time, or
increasing the size of the Civilian work force on the battlefield. The process of...
As credit card debt and bankruptcies increase in the ranks of the United States Army, senior Leaders have to ensure that our Soldiers are taken care of and provided financial counseling and assistance to get their debtors paid off and their credit...
As long as humans have been living and working together in social groups there have been laws governing their conduct. These laws not only govern the conduct of the individual but the group as well to promote good order and discipline. Rules or...
As the military and civilian death toll increases due to war crimes committed by insurgents, the American public’s opinion towards support of the GWOT has swayed. In September 2006, Gallop polls showed the Presidential approval rating was on a...
As the United States continues to fight the war on terror, the body count of U.S. Soldiers continues to increase. With the American public questioning the war, groups of anti-war activists started creating chaos at military funerals. Exploiting the...
Bad leadership cannot be allowed to fester in a unit especially in this time of great stress in the Army. With the nation at war it is imperative that the senior leadership handle the ethical dilemma of the bad leader because of the potential of a...
Coalition forces are faced with many different issues that have arisen since the invasion of Iraq these include religious, and cultural differences. The focus of this article is to outline the cultural and religious differences and the impact they...
Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
Congress and senior military leaders have covertly allowed gays to serve, but not without stipulations. The United States army is unique and emulated for many different reasons by armies all around the world. Diversity in our military is the number...
Deployment is one of the hardest and most critical logistical tasks. Since WWII, the development of distribution methods to overcome logistics issues has continued with mixed success. This monograph explores these issues and the methods used to...
Despite all the changes the BRAC commission recommended to the DOD infrastructure, the quality of life for Soldiers and their families will increase. BRAC will reduce the cost of the Army’s daily operation by integrating forces in strategic...
Detachment 101 of the Office of Strategic Services’ development of unconventional warfare doctrine in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II presents the practitioner of unconventional warfare a worthy model of consideration for our...
Ethics are the foundation of any good military, and our Army is no different. Often ethics is focused at the individual level and rightfully so as it is individuals who make up the Army team. Army leader’s focus on shaping and fostering ethics...
Ethics-based decision-making problems perennially plague the U.S. Intelligence Community. Attempts by Congress and the Executive Branch to inculcate in the individual Intelligence Officer a sense of responsibility to both the organization and...