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...
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...
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...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This research discusses how the reluctance to change culture is affecting the internal peace and stability of Nepal. The Nepali culture, despite undergoing some changes, still has discriminatory practices with respect to caste, gender, and...
I was fortunate to have received great mentoring from a retired Sergeant Major during my Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) days in high school. He masterfully motivated all his students to define goals in life and taught us to adopt...
The stated mission of the United States Armed Forces is to protect and defend the country at all cost, even if it means losing one’s own life. With the ongoing War crisis and the recent high numbers of lives lost, the United States has lowered...
The preface states "the author's purpose has not been to write a history of Egypt, but to trace to their probable causes the events which have for the last decade made Egypt so conspicuous a thread in the tangled skein of Old World politics".
Many Soldiers have risen to positions of greater responsibility and have fallen because they believed, they were above the law and ethics are something for the junior soldiers. As senior leaders we must lead from the front and set the example...
As another old saying goes, "What you put in is what you will get out." For the future of America, it is on our shoulders to instill those values in the Soldiers that we lead. But first we must look within ourselves and determine if we meet that...
Foltyn, David; Cain, Leeford C.; McClure, John K.; Mawson, Robert
Thesis Statement: Pride and the American spirit were two of many factors that influenced the motivation of United States Soldiers in World War II (WWII). The factors influenced small battles to full-scale wars and assisted many countries in several...
Black Americans have been participating and providing services in the US armed forces, since the Revolution to the Civil War and from Vietnam to the War in Iraq, but unfortunately so far their help has been repeatedly transferred to a footnote of...
Thesis Statement: The current Army Physical Fitness Program does not train, assess nor prepare Soldiers for today’s combat missions. Although it is commonly believed that noncommissioned officers from within a formation can conduct physical...
Thesis: Today’s Army Physical Fitness Program does not effectively assess, train or prepare Soldiers for today’s combat missions. Units often become complacent with the reverberation and everyday maintenance cycles, marksmanship, and field...
Gray, Matthew M.; Porter, Cameron V.; Aldenberg, Robert M.; Cormier, Quentin; Jackson, Gregory J.
The issue of women serving in combat has been a point of ongoing debate in the U.S. military since its establishment. Female Soldiers today often find themselves embedded with combat units supporting the War on Terrorism. Congress has examined the...
A huge controversy exists on what types of interrogation techniques we should allow interrogators to use in this war on terrorism. Many people state that the Geneva Convention protects terrorist prisoners. The Supreme Court Justices cannot even...
Promoting Soldiers to non-commissioned officer ranks without a hands-on screening process is a thoughtless solution for Army leadership shortages that provides inadequate leaders for our Soldiers and creates problems for commanders and first...
As the result of the current war on terror, the IET environment as undergone some radical changes. Lessons learned have shown the Army’s senior leadership that the previous methodology of training did not fully prepare new recruits for the rigors...
Operation Iraqi Freedom was a first on several out of the norm decisions. I had encountered one of those tough decisions. The 68th Chemical Company out of Fort Hood had both, males and females in the smoke platoon, which is a first in combat. My...
Over the past 8 years the Drill Sergeant program has gone though some significant changes due to the unethical behavior of a number of Drill Sergeants. The Army needs to look at the selection process for this assignment. All Soldiers need to be...