All Soldiers during deployments in the combat zone operate as a team. They bust the wire together and are in harm’s way throughout their missions. Either an enemy bullet or an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) does not differentiate flagged...
The NCOER system has several problems that make it an unfair tool for promotions. There are many cases where Noncommissioned Officers deserving to be promoted have not been and other cases where a substandard Noncommissioned Officer has been...
Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) face many ethical decisions when recommending soldiers for military awards. There are numerous circumstances when our NCOs have been faced with two Soldiers that deserve commendation and the commands guidance is to...
Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of one’s greatest value and the standards by which our actions can be judged right or wrong. As a profession, Soldiers have always pondered with the concern of ethical dilemmas. The...
Ethics and awards is a subject that frequently causes Soldiers to talk about fairness, mischief, moral ethics, and the Army Values. Soldiers will verbalize, “When I get to be a senior leader, I will make sure my Soldiers receive the awards they...
This is a trascript of a 1993 interview with Sergeant Major of the Army George W Dunway (USA-ret) for the US Army museum of the noncommissioned officer sergeants major of the ARMY history book project.
The Army awards program has lost its value through years of reduction in the required standards of excellence. Regulatory guidance provides criteria for each award, yet leadership conveniently overlooks or outright ignores the guidance. The Good...
Developing writing skills in our young NCOs, beginning with an introduction at the Warrior Leaders Course (WLC), may be critical to not only professional development, but ultimately the future of our Army. A bold statement, but one I will attempt...
According to AR 600-8-22 the goal of the Army awards program is to foster mission accomplishment by recognizing excellence of military members of the force and motivating them to high levels of performance and service. As senior Noncommissioned...
The major factor in determining what award to issue a Soldier is often not the act of heroism or the performance of duty. Instead, it is based on the rank the Soldier possesses and the award system becomes a shell of what it is intended to be....
Exceptional leadership and bravery is sometimes exhibited in unforeseen ways. History reflects on several such instances where the Army rewarded heroic actions by expeditiously promoting Soldiers on the battlefield. On 27 March 2008, the Army...
This monograph examines the question of whether the United States Air Force (USAF) is too reliant upon technological asymmetry. It examines four possible paths to over-reliance and then surveys Air Force doctrine and air power theory. The study...
On 14 April 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and LTG David Barno, the senior U.S. commander and senior Army officer in Afghanistan at a town hall meeting with the troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan showed poor leadership. In particular, the...
At a time of war we are faced with countless ethical decisions on a daily basis, one of them is the way that each Soldier is recognized for their individual performance, or accomplishments. This can be completed immediately, or a later date. As it...
Awards of recognition for exemplary military service and acts of heroism have been a tradition of the United Starts army for centuries. The selection process currently being used, however, is influenced by subjective and often unwritten rules and...
During World War II one of our nation’s greatest wars, the United States government and Army failed to recognize the heroic acts and sacrifices that merited the Medal of Honor being bestowed upon one of our most gallant African American Soldiers....
HHC (Warhorse), 2nd Battalion, 8th (U.S.) Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, prepared for its wartime mission during the conduct of Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Upon receipt of deployment orders, we continued to train and prepare our Soldiers, families,...
Over the last few years, indebtedness of leaders in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is on the rise despite having stern actions in place to curb this issue. The problem lies with the environment and society that Singaporeans live in today. Leaders...
An ethical problem facing the Army today is commanders do not remove Soldiers, subject to the semi-centralized promotion system, from the promotion standing list upon enrollment in the weight control program. Although the Army decides who gets...
Ethics is one of our SAP Core Values. In Singapore Armed Forces (SAP) we have 7 set of SAP Core Values. This Core Values are to guide members of the organization in a common direction. The SAP 7 Core Values are Leadership, Loyalty to Country,...