This monograph investigates the art and science of problem solving and decision making in the operational planning environment. The Army's current problem solving and decision making doctrine found in FM 5-0 (101-5) Army Planning and Orders...
Doing the right things doesn’t always come easy. Daily Soldiers are faced with making ethical decisions. Decisions on a particular situation or certain circumstances on doing what’s right verse doing what’s wrong. Simply trying to decide...
As the protectors of our country, society views those of us in the Army differently than most other Americans. American public holds Soldiers to a higher standard and when they do not meet these standards, it makes the Army look bad, not just the...
The current inter-agency doctrinal tools to integrate the decision-sharing elements of battle command at the operational level for defense support to civil authority operations are inadequate under conditions of extremely degraded communications....
Many ethical problems face our military that keep us in peril. As leaders of any organization, and more so for the United States, we will struggle to make decisions. Leaders cannot avoid having to make ethical decisions. We as senior...
Everywhere we turn today there are signs of ethical deterioration. In the Army; officers, noncommissioned officers (NCOs), and even enlisted Soldiers face ethical decisions daily. Most ethical dilemmas in the Army are not simply clear-cut matters...
This paper covers ethics, values, and military leadership as it applies to the Noncommissioned Officer. The definition of ethical behavior and the core values of an individual and organizations play a role in decision making. This paper gives...
In our lives, we come across situations on a daily basis that forces us to make choices. The choices we make, whether right, wrong good or bad has a positive or negative impact on our careers, units, our country, and sometimes our families. Ethics...
As a part of the response to the Al Qaida attacks on 11 September 2001, the United States found itself having to answer many difficult questions regarding its action in the Global War on Terrorism. One of the most contentious was the use of torture...
In a constantly changing world threatened by ever increasing terrorist acts, American interests, both at home and abroad, require protection provided by great military leaders. In order to produce military leaders who can successfully meet the...
The War of the Triple Alliance, fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, was a Latin American regional war that spiraled out of control to become one of the bloodiest international...
Beginning in the Korea War, through Vietnam and continuing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, US forces have been involved in combat typified by close, sharp actions - often without the doctrinally prescribed firepower to support the...
During the Vietnam War and the years following, there has been a contentious debate regarding the nature of the conflict. Some proponents argue it was an insurgency while others claim it was a conventional war, with each side advocating the...
Ethics-based decision-making problems perennially plague the U.S. Intelligence Community. Attempts by Congress and the Executive Branch to inculcate in the individual Intelligence Officer a sense of responsibility to both the organization and...
Our Army uses lethal force to pave the way for democracy even though we claim to be a nation of God and principle. Ethical reasoning is an art, not a science, and sometimes the best answer is going to be hard to determine. Defining the problem is...
The ability to make a decision is a complex process. It involves morals, ethics, and training. It is important to guide our Soldiers to do the right thing at all times and to choose the hard right over the easy wrong. It is our job as Senior NCOs...
These proceedings are the third volume to be published in a series generated by the annual military history symposium sponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). This year's symposium, hosted by the Combat Studies Institute,...
These proceedings are the third volume to be published in a series generated by the annual military history symposium sponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). This year's symposium, hosted by the Combat Studies Institute,...