Keeping Soldiers fit to fight has always been a challenge for Army leaders, but in recent years, it has become significantly more difficult. The newest generation of recruits is not accustomed to physical activity, and has little experience with...
I enlisted in the Military in Nineteen Eighty One; during this time the Army was re-building and had a lot of the NCO’s from the Vietnam era. NCO’s at this time were experienced by combat and hurt deep inside themselves by a society who did not...
Sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination that has occurred in the military workplace as well as many other workplaces. This form of harassment consists of undesirable sexual advances, expressed desires for sexual favors, and sexual...
In this paper, the author discusses the implications of ethics for the military professional, the importance of education and mentorship in instilling ethical behavior in soldiers, covers a few examples of ethical dilemmas, and briefly expounds his...
Ethical and ethnic concerns have existed since the third millennium. Scientist and researchers have analyzed on this matter for over a hundred years. Often ethical and ethnic matters between governments and minority groups dominate the news. Today...
This paper is the author’s view on how the United States Army integrates its values and ethics with those of its Soldiers. The author discusses aspects of how individual morals, ethics, and values develop and mature from childhood to adulthood...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The Year 2012: South Korea's Resumption of Wartime Operational Control. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Minnich, U.S. Army; The United States must unencumber its forces from a peninsula-centric mission in Korea and transform the ROK-U.S. relationship...
MAJ Andy Nuce served as Alpha Company commander with the 172nd Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) Battalion in Balad, Iraq and as the brigade property book officer (PBO) with the 30th Medical Brigade in Baghdad, Iraq during 2003, and as Alpha Company...
In this interview MAJ Sean Powell discusses his 2006 deployment to Iraq on a military transition team (MiTT). MAJ Powell discusses his assignment to the team, his integration into theater, and the immediate challenges his team faced with their...