World War II U.S. Army corps commanders were the orchestrators of combat, the men responsible for coordinating the fighting power and tactical deployment of divisions. Twenty-two U.S. Army corps were actively engaged in combat operations during...
With 2nd Brigade of the 75th Division (Training Support) when the call came in December 2004 to deploy the following month to Iraq to work on a military transition team (MiTT) for a year, Major Paul Esmahan was assigned as a logistics MiTT chief...
Why do we need to study history as professional military leaders? In this essay I will explain the importance of military professionals studying history. Given the face pace of our military in combat during the last nine years, coupled with the...
While working as the Phoenix, Arizona area commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Los Angeles District, Major James DeLapp deployed to Iraq and served from May to November 2004 as the operations officer for the Corps' Camp Victory...
While history never repeats itself identically, it generally share parallels to previous conflicts and provides similar solutions to such conflicts. Military history accounts for important events in battles of the past; strategies used, and include...
When I think of ethics in the military numerous people and incidents come to mind. One foremost job is Drill Sergeants from Aberdeen Proving Ground to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. There has been great variance in ethical adherences and violations....
When I joined the Army in November 1983, the Army slogan was "Be All that You Could Be." I had a strong desire to be a Soldier. When I saw Soldiers jumping out of airplanes and a SFC drinking coffee after the jump and an announcer saying, "We do...
What a tough concept, this thing we call ethics. What are ethics and how and when do we decide to enforce them? Webster’s, defines ethics as a system of moral principles, or the branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong and the morality...
Values and ethics are central to any organization. The Army Values firmly binds all members of the Army into a fellowship dedicated to the service of their Nation and their Army. This paper will discuss some unethical behaviors of noncommissioned...
Upon taking command of Alpha Company, 11th Engineers, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq in 2003, Major Mike Binetti, upon redeployment, presided over its reorganization to Echo Company, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor and, in January...
Upon relinquishing his three-year command of a Wisconsin National Guard field artillery battalion, Lieutenant Colonel John Schroeder was offered the opportunity to volunteer for embedded training team (ETT) duty in Afghanistan, which he took, was...
Unit leaders contribute substantially to their unit's mission success or lack of success. For this reason, the Army devotes considerable resources to foster the development of leaders during unit training exercises. This handbook is designed to...
Unified Land Operations: The Evolution of Army Doctrine for Success in the 21st Century. Colonel Bill Benson, U.S. Army; The Army exploits the initiative to gain a position of advantage in unified land operations nested inside joint unified...
U.S. military, Department of State, and Iraqi officials face many challenges moving a unified Iraq forward. This paper attempts to answer a critical question: Can local Iraqi grassroots councils facilitate a strategic endstate like achieving...
Transformation and the current operational pace have created less time for senior mentorship. Additionally, mentorship is so loosely defined and understood that it often is mislabeled and wrongly identified. Mentorship could be viewed as such a...