The Army has opened up more Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) for women. Some of these MOSs place women almost directly into combat. Despite the fact that women are serving admirably alongside their male counterparts in Iraq and are...
This paper discusses the ethical dilemma that confronted a battalion chain of command when a Sergeant Fire team leader received a driving under the influence citation the night before the battalion deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
With the exception of the commander, no position in the U.S. Army faces more potential ethical dilemmas than that of a first sergeant. While the commander makes policy, the first sergeant enforces policy. Since most policies are based on Army law...
The United States Army is governed/ruled by rules and regulations, Soldiers have to obey and abide by them. The Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is our military bible when Soldiers fail to conform to the norms; NCOs are the first stop...
This paper will examine the ethical dilemma posed by the Sergeant’s Major of the Army decision to keep the length of United States Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA) at nine months. This paper will address the following questions: Does USASMA need...
Balancing Soldiers’ workload requires leaders prioritizing tasks with Soldier readiness and welfare in mind. Many factors like information technologies make that task a difficult one especially with the influence of email. Leaders at all levels...
To me ethics is identifying a problem, determining what is right or wrong and then making a decision based on our values. We all posses our own set of ethics, does that mean we are right every time we make a decision. To me in my mind there is...
How can the Army justify spending millions of dollars annually, to send over 650 senior noncommissioned officers and family members to a ten month course. With the exception of PLDC (Primary Leadership Development Course), my NCOES (Noncommissioned...
Army Values are not just words or the new phrase for the quarter; it’s the foundation that binds Soldiers together. Soldiers expect for its senior leaders to display the values in which they expect their subordinates to follow. A number of...
As senior non-commissioned officers one of the ethical problems we will inevitably face will be the requirement to manage substandard Soldiers. A dilemma of this nature will often force leaders to pit what a Soldier adds to the unit against what he...
The problem with ethics is that every person has a different idea of right and wrong. The upbringing you received from your parents and society could make you believe you have an ethical dilemma but another person might not. Why is this? Who is...
The United States Army is known as one of the greatest armies in the world because of its disciplinary standards. The Army tries its best to maintain discipline and order within its ranks through Army Regulations. According to Army Regulation...
Some of our senior command leadership is lacking in ethics and it is to be abhorred. Many Soldiers look up to these individuals and hold them at a very high standard. The senior leader is someone that is revered. They are in the position where the...
Noncommissioned officers are taught at a young age to live by the NCO Creed. This document has served as the cornerstone of our responsibilities and values since its inception in 1989. It specifically addresses the use of position for pleasure,...
There are many examples of waste, fraud, and abuse being committed by junior military personnel, Noncommissioned Officers, and Officers in the United States Armed Forces. Military personnel have been guilty of abusing the military supply system and...
The ethical logic that created the Western preference or idea of ethics comes from the philosopher Aristotle. He believed in two valued virtues, or human traits, they were moral and intellectual.
Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army
This volume is concerned with the organization and disposition of United States Army ground forces that opposed the Japanese during World War II. The area covered includes Alaska, the islands of the central and South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea,...
From author: "There has been placed into my hands certain facts and information concerning the planning, training, operations and social actions of Co. "A", 2nd Ranger Battalion. Armed with these, plus my own personal observations and memories, I...
Historical Division, European Command, Operational History Branch; Gaisser, Karl; Schaefer, L., tr.; Heitman, H., ed.
The first section of the manuscript deals with the situation in Croatia as well as the military and political organization of the partisans and of the German occupation forces from 1942 on. The second section contains tactical examples of partisan...