Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class of 2006-001. It is difficult for a person to accept negative feedback. As humans we share a common tendency to overestimate our strengths, and...
Third Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2006-02. So what is this thing called 'luck,' where in one instant what appears to be bad luck suddenly becomes good luck in one fell swoop. Is luck just...
Third place winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC class of 2006-001. This paper explores the ramifications of insurgency waged via strategic information warfare, especially focusing on its implications for...
Third Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class 2007-001. Leader transitions are critical times. In the military, leaders conduct extensive planning and preparations for operational transitions such as...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class of 2006-001. Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey challenged our CGSOC class to "continually make your units better". To be able to lead change well, the...
First Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the CGSC Class of 2006-002. The importance of military leadership remains constant in peacetime, war or a counterinsurgency operation. To develop better leaders for the...
Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Competition for the CGSC Class of 2006-002. Most Army officers know the story of LTC Nate Sassaman all too well. Even if they do not recognize the name at first sight, they certainly...
In this interview, MAJ Scott Baird discusses his experiences while deployed in OIF I and OIF III. MAJ Baird describes painful situations with leadership and how he overcame it. MAJ Baird also discusses challenges he faced with superior officers,...
In this interview, MAJ Thomas Bessler, US Army, Military Intelligence; discusses his deployment to Iraq as a detachment S2 for 1-6 Infantry in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Bessler talks about his missions of providing...
In this June 2012 interview, MAJ David Briten discusses his deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq and his overall leadership challenges while deployed during his three deployments. MAJ Briten describes the challenges he faced with Soldiers on...
In this interview, MAJ Casey Crowley, US Army, Armor; discusses his deployment as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT) commander for 3/61 CAV which is the reconnaissance squadron for 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) from 4th Infantry...
MAJ Matthew Smith served with the Tennessee National Guard as a troop commander at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Cobra In Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and as the night battle major at Camp Taji, Iraq during 2010, both in support of Operation Iraqi...
In this interview, MAJ Greg Shumate, an Army nurse, discusses his deployment to Iraq in 2007. MAJ Shumate discusses challenges associated with being a professional filler system (PROFIS) Soldier assigned to a table of distribution and allowances...
In this interview, Maj Elizabeth Vossler, US Air Force, Air National Guard; discusses her deployment to Iraq as an executive officer (XO) for the 506th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Maj Vossler...
In this interview, MAJ Edward Bahdi, US Army, Judge Advocate General (JAG); discusses his deployment to Iraq as a brigade judge advocate for 1st HBCT, 1st ID in 2010 through 2011 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation New Dawn...
In this interview, MAJ Matt Lillibridge, US Army, Field Artillery; discusses his two deployments to Iraq and one deployment to Afghanistan from 2003 through 2012 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). MAJ...