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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...
The strategic and operational environment in which the United States military will operate in for the foreseeable future is characterized by its complexity. Historically the United States military has taken a linear approach to understanding the...
In my career field, the biggest ethical dilemma facing the military today is the fact that soldiers are not required to possess their laboratory certification to practice their specialty like their civilian counterparts. Individuals who possess a...
Recruiting in today's Army at this time in America's history forcers Army recruiters to make critical ethical decisions on a daily basis. This time in the history of recruiting an all volunteer force puts a tremendous amount of pressure on our...
The defense travel system was designed to provide a paperless, automated system to improve and make it easier for the individual person to settle their travel vouchers. The system was to support TDY mission requirements and reduce travel card...
There are many ethical obstacles within the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) and not much is preventing these challenges. Failure to prevent these challenges will only lead to the failure in our command. After completing my last tour...
“I am a Noncommissioned Officer, a leader of Soldiers. As a Noncommissioned Officer, I realize that I am a member of a time-honored corps, known as “The Backbone of the Army.” ( Fisch & Wright 1989, p. 4). One of the Commanders'...
There are many ethical obstacles within the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) and not enough is done to prevent these challenges. Failure to prevent these challenges will only lead to the failure in our command. After completing my...
The classical counterinsurgency theorists emphasize that it is necessary for the government to gain and maintain control of the population in order to defeat the insurgency. They describe population and resource control measures as a means of doing...
This thesis addresses the tactical decision-making process to determine if decision point tactics is a function within the procedure of tactical decision making, which satisfies the tactical decision-making process by providing a suboptimized plan....
This monograph is an investigation of the mission analysis step of the Army's tactical decision-making process as it applies to operations other than war. The tactical decision-making process (TDMP) is a proven method of solving problems in combat...
The paper examines the individual commander's decision making process to determine the optimal decision making system for military problem-solving under time constraints. This study first examines implications of decision making theories on the...
Just as many football players have failed to become great coaches, so too have many governmental leaders, leaders of industry and military officers failed to succeed when placed at higher levels of responsibility. Understanding how to solve...
The backlog of NCOES for the NCO Corps has never been in such a state of influx until now. Due to combat operations across the globe that leave the Army constantly in motion, the NCO (leader) is the one left to pick up the pieces and execute. Along...
The classical counterinsurgency theorists emphasize that it is necessary for the government to gain and maintain control of the population in order to defeat the insurgency. They describe population and resource control measures as a means of doing...
Serving as a member of the Armed Forces is very different than it was twenty years ago. I am a senior NCO that has been in the Army for twenty-one years, and I have seen a vast amount of change in the system. When I first came in the Army I did not...
In the summer of 2003, the USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729)(BLUE) returned to her homeport in Bangor, Washington. She had successfully completed a 91 day Strategic Deterrent Patrol, earning a grade of “Above Average” on a Tactical Readiness Examination,...
The nature of some specialties inherently involves ethical conflict that will challenge a leader to draw upon experience, as well as personal and Army values, to attain clear resolution. The Army Recruiter, for instance, is one job that lends...