During the Mexican American war and the American Civil war the two Armies were drawn down to a smaller peace time military force requiring the use of often untrained and undisciplined volunteers. The Officers were graduates of the Military Academy...
Senior leaders must enforce basic Soldier skills and the established Army standards in accordance with the rules and regulations that govern our profession. Soldiers who continuously fail to meet the established standards weaken the Army. We should...
Standards defined as the general nature of morals and specific moral choices an individual makes in relating to others govern the members of the United States Army. These standards define our ethics and are the foundation of the American Soldier....
Our society contains a plethora of unethical and immoral acts and the United States Army is no exception being that it is in essence an extension of society. The Army has always had unethical issues however; the tremendous stress placed on the...
These two examples selected show the problems faced by the United States forces before the outbreak of hostilities during the war of 1812 and the war of 1846. Military leaders must know the factors affecting military readiness before they engage in...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
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...
In March 1999, military planners considered contingencies in event that the air campaign to remove Serbian forces from Kosovo during Operation Allied Force was not successful. One of those contingencies was a ground offensive, which presented...
An ethical dilemma facing the military today is the failure of noncommissioned officers to set the example and adhere to standards. As noncommissioned officers it is our ethical responsibility to do set the example every day. Failing to develop our...
In the 21st century Army military leaders are continuing to learn new tactics, techniques, and
procedures to keep them knowledgeable in the current battle against terrorist both in Iraq and
Afghanistan. As we examined past battles that we fought it...
A search through American military antiquity for the birth of the American Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps led me to Valley Forge, 1777-78. Faced with demoralizing combat failures, severe shortages of food and supplies, woefully under trained...
The Department of the Army has a policy that disallows Soldiers with a homosexual or bisexual orientation from serving in any capacity of the Army. A Soldier is subject to discharge if he or she admits they are a homosexual and an investigation...
An ethical dilemma facing the Army at present is the disappointment of noncommissioned officers not setting the example and adhering to standards and regulations. As noncommissioned officers it is our ethical duty to do set the example every day....
This book attempts to explain clearly "The reason of discipline," so that every soldier may at once see the necessity of enforcing and upholding its regulations.
On October 3rd 1993, US efforts in Somalia culminated as the result of an overnight battle that cost eighteen American lives and effectively silenced all optimism that Somalia could be externally resurrected as a functioning state. What began as a...
The challenges of full spectrum operations in a future contemporary operational environment have led to the ever-increasing empowerment of the American Noncommissioned Officer over time. Due to the shift in the Army’s operational concept,...
The two responsibilities for all noncommissioned officers (NCO) are to accomplish the mission and taking care of Soldiers. Taking care of Soldiers is a large and open-ended task. Not every noncommissioned officer view taking care of Soldiers...
An ethical dilemma facing the Army at present is the disappointment of senior noncommissioned officers not setting the example and adhering to standards and regulations. As noncommissioned officers it is our ethical duty to set example every day....
The two responsibilities for all noncommissioned officers (NCO) are to accomplish the mission and taking care of Soldiers. Taking care of Soldiers is a large and open-ended task. Not every noncommissioned officer view taking care of Soldiers...
Leaders over time have been disappointed with the ethical lowering of some military standards. Soldiers should be discipline, mentally and physical fit, and maintain their job proficiency. Some of these standards seemed to be lowered in some units....
Noncommissioned officers play the key role in Army training, discipline, and
leadership. The position of the noncommissioned officer has its roots in the early days of
Our nation’s history. To fully understand how this position developed, one...