This ethics paper provides the authors position of the importance of the Warrior Ethos and the ambiguity of the Army Values. The author argues for a shift away from the dominance of the Army Values in military life, and exalts the Warrior Ethos as...
During Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the Army demonstrated its unrivaled ability to overmatch an enemy in a conventional mechanized conflict. In less than six weeks, the Army, as part of the American led coalition, destroyed the Iraqi...
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur eloquently put the American Soldier’s mantra to words in an address to the United States Military Academy (West Point) graduates in the spring of 1962. “[Y]our mission…is to win our wars…[Y]ou are the...
The great institution the Army is today can be directly linked to the personal ethics of leaders and soldiers alike. Values and Ethos are the foundation for our organization. Do to the personal ethics, and character of our soldiers and leaders we...
In this study, I examine whether or not the United States Marine Corps senior warrior leaders should continue to use heroic warriors from the 1942-52 era as contemporary paragons of tactical leadership. Additionally, I compare the Marine tactical...
Leaders are responsible for setting the ethical climate whether deployed or not deployed. When we as leaders fail to train Soldiers to live the Army Values and embed our Warrior Ethos instead of just reciting them, Soldiers will not be influenced...
Leaders are responsible for setting the ethical climate whether deployed or not deployed. When we as leaders fail to train Soldiers to live the Army Values and embed our Warrior Ethos instead of just reciting them, Soldiers will not be influenced...
Leaders and soldiers of the Army's future Objective Force will face an ambiguous and dynamic operational environment populated by a ruthless, adaptive enemy. Both the environment and the threat resemble those faced by Special Forces today. Like...
This paper will address an ethical dilemma that I was faced with a few years ago. It addresses the issue of fraternization and how it is viewed. I will also relate it to the New Zealand Army's ethos and values. I am not the only person who dealt...
Do recent changes in leadership doctrine reflect social values articulated by our civil institutions or military functional needs, and if they reflect social values rather than functional needs are the changes likely to inhibit the solving of...
The United States has committed to training and equipping the Afghan National Army. This mission is executed primarily by conventional American soldiers, who naturally transfer much of their martial culture to their Afghan partners. This study...
The Army has recently undergone a transformation to a modem ethical stance. They do this through the usage of the Warriors Ethos. By employing the Warrior ethos into every aspect of Army training, we begin to embolden our Soldiers with a basic...
Owning our army ethic. MAJ Chris Case, U.S. Army; Major Bob Underwood, U.S. Army; and Colonel Sean T. Hannah, Ph.D., U.S. Army; The Army's ethic must reconcile possible tensions between action and duty by providing guidance for both why we fight...
This monograph explores the concept of the Army as a storage vessel for national values, and the government's periodic use of this vessel as a tool in the peacetime protection of the Constitution. Most of the social mechanisms which shape the...
Flexible, adaptive, and competent Soldiers infused with the Army's Warrior Culture fight wars and win the peace. Soldiers are trained in many different fields, but they must be first and foremost elite combatants prepared to defend themselves,...
To talk about Ethics you first must understand the meaning of the word. The new Webster; s Dictionary describes it as: relating to morals; treating of morality; delivering precepts of morality; the doctrine of morals; moral philosophy; a system of...
Army values are standards Soldiers must mentally and physically display in the form attitudes relating to people, concepts and things. The Acronym "LDRSHIP" refers to Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage...
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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...
This study investigates the concept of loyalty as applied in the U.S. Army. In light of the fact that the term has been dropped from the official definition of the Army Ethos in the 1994 version of FM 100-1, the study investigates the implications...
Understanding the professional military ethic (PME) requires first understanding the conceptual foundations upon which it stands. This foundation includes objective morality, the sociology of professions, professional ethics in general, and the...