Attached is a copy of a training manual found in May 2000 by British investigators in Manchester, England, while searching the apartment of suspected al Qaeda member Anas al-Liby, AKA Nazih al-Raghie. The Southern District of New York included this...
Many cases of falsifying documents in the military are not made public but plenty still manage to make media headlines. This unethical act ranges from getting civilians into the Army to individuals illegally attaining promotions. The system of...
While stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as a mobilized Army Reserve member, I witnessed four Soldiers charged with submitting falsified travel vouchers. During a short period of time the Soldiers and the Command Sergeant Major let an entire...
The goal of the United States (U.S.) government is to use a whole of government approach to stability operations in countries around the world. Promoting stability reduces the threat of terrorism and secures the safety and welfare of U.S....
Since the beginning of the Republic, various forms of millennial religious doctrines, of which dispensational pre-millennialism is the most recent, have shaped U.S. national security strategy. As the dominant form of millennialism in the U.S....
As Senior Noncommissioned Officers, one of our responsibilities as supervisors is to verify travel settlements submitted by our Soldiers. Whenever one of our Soldiers submits a DD Form 1351-2, Travel Voucher or Subvoucher, they must sign block...
Details operations of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) during the quarterly period ending April 30, 1968. Includes operations in the Quang Tri, Bin Dinh and Thua Thein provinces and involvement in operations Pegasus, Delaware, Jeb Stuart II,...
Examines civilian morale on the home front and of propaganda as a morale conditioning agent with a view toward recommending procedures, to prepare the civilian morale of the United States for war.
Every day Americans face ethical dilemmas in our society. Our soldiers also face similar ethical problems in the United States Army. With that in mind, what is ethics? In accordance with Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, "ethics is the...
What can I do to put you in boots today? Recruiters face tough times, trying to sell a lifestyle that in the eyes of many is a one-way trip to the grave. The shock of losing over 2,000 Service members in the War on terrorism weighs heavy on the...
They say, history repeats itself. Counterinsurgency operations are imbedded in our past and we prepare for them in every situation today. If we expect our military forces to succeed in these operations, we must train them to avoid any mistakes we...
This paper shows you the ethical dilemmas that a recruiter faces on a regular basis. Ethics is a mainstay in today's Army and army recruiting. The recruiter works alone most of the time, so the temptation is in front of them in many different ways,...
Amidst the public condemnation of abuses in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons, it is leadership that will prevent such occurrences. These occurrences were counter to the units these service members represent. The leadership was reacting to the...
In today’s world of global terrorism and our war against it, unit readiness determines unit survival. True unit readiness is often obscured by the desire to deploy in support of the Global War On Terrorism. Commanders are constantly faced with...
This paper focuses on the ethical dilemmas of a noncommissioned officer faced with allowing a senior leader to falsify his physical training card, 705. To support this position, this paper articulates the leadership role of the noncommissioned...
As senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs), adhering to the principles of the Army Values is essential to upholding high ethical standards. An unethical behavior can destroy organizational morale, cohesion, teamwork, undermine trust and confidence,...
One of the most ethical problems in the Army today is one that I have known to be an issue for as long as I care to remember: the never-ending ethical inadequacy of evaluation reporting. The Army’s method of evaluating the performance of its...
You can’t pick up an Army Times paper and not read about a Soldier found guilty for wearing an award or decoration he did not earn. This issue is happening across the services and these false heroes think they may get away with it. Some research...
The Army semi-centralized promotion system is geared to be a system that relies on the honest assessment of a Soldier to compete for the next higher pay grade and level of responsibility. This system presents ethical problems in the true assessment...
The ethical dilemma of reporting or not reporting wrongdoing is a big problem in the Army today. Service members shy away from becoming the proverbial “whistleblower” for several reasons discussed in the following paragraphs.
The American...