The United States Army currently employs small arms ammunition providing inferior lethality due to obsolete international proscriptions against more effective bullet design. Technological solutions to this problem already exist. The primary...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
The U.S. has a huge reliance on space. This reliance, combined with a leaner more rapidly deployable military, makes space weapons an appealing prospect. Space weapons technology continues to advance, and as improvements occur, the weaponization of...
The United States' All-Volunteer Force (AVF) is embroiled in the longest ground combat power intensive conflict in its history. The Army's massive need for Soldiers has placed so much strain on the Army recruiting system that at times recruit...
This United States Army Sergeants Majors Academy Personal Experience Paper will detail the building, completion and implementation of the first set of fully functional ―Leadership Reaction and Training Courses‖ (LRTC) established in present day...
Throughout its 234-year history, the United States Army has been unfortunately plagued with certain reoccurring themes related to an inability perform its primary mission at the outbreak of hostilities. Today’s courageous and competent leaders of...
Is it morally acceptable to penalize a Soldier for declining to take a vaccination shot? My answer to that question is no. However, Army Policy states that Soldiers must consent to mandatory immunization shots as required by Army Regulation. Those...
When I think about Army Ethics, several other terms come into my mind. I think about values, beliefs, equality and fairness and how it affects all people. I know there will always be disparity where there are people from different backgrounds. As I...
Sergeants Majors set the example for the entire Army. A person would believe this especially true of the Soldiers assigned to the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA). While assigned to USASMA, some Soldiers continue to display a...
When we took an oath, we entered an institution guided by Anny values. These are more than a system of rules. These values tell you what you need to be, everyday, in every action you take. Anny values form the very identity of the Anny, the solid...
The military needs to go beyond just talking about ethics and immediately enforce known acceptable standards. Ethical standards in the military are difficult to enforce because personal beliefs affect one's standards, but that is no excuse for...
This paper will discuss the ethical dilemma that the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps faced when decide whether to allow two Sergeants Major (SGM) that violated the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to retire or court-martial. Neither...
Few enlisted Soldiers have captured and recorded the experiences and lifestyle of the enlisted Soldier during the nation’s history. One such author is 1 SG Percival G. Lowe. Through his journals and later his novel, "Five Years a Dragoon", he...
In an Army that is fully engaged in the Global War on Terrorism, there is a group of soldiers that carry the honorable burden of keeping the force pointed in the right direction with the right attitude and vision. The Senior Noncommissioned...
Ethics is a concept which is a combination of different and unique situations that are faced by an organization. Ethics is basically code of conduct and values that are accepted by the society being right and proper. But ethics are just a set of...
Senior NCOs are the ethical standard bearers for our Army. As Senior NCOs we are charged to uphold the Army standard of ethics in our units. We are expected to do the right thing legally and morally even though no one is watching. The Army teaches...
The Army Recruiting Command holds recruiters to the highest standards. Recruiters are expected to live the Army values and enforce them in their daily duties. This paper will shed light on an ethical dilemma which the Command is faced with on a...
The Army Medical Department has a long and hallowed history of taking care of America’s sons and daughters since 1775. This history continues today on the streets of Baghdad and many other non-descript locations throughout the world. In all of...
Throughout the United States, history (U.S.) the country has found itself fighting Counter-Insurgency (COIN) battles. The lessons learned have been slow in coming, and have proven to vary from one conflict to the next. The one thing that can be...