Even though few are more experienced to lend assistance and guidance to fellow military wives, it is not ethical for the military to expect, obligate or pressure wives of senior enlisted and officers to perform these duties without pay.
Leaders and subordinates are taught the Army Values (LDRSHP), how our personal values should mimic those values, and how to apply the Army Values when making an ethical decision. Ethics are principles we follow that help lead us to do the right...
This study examines Army Family Support Groups (FSGs). The focus of the research is on FSG leadership and whether the Army should hire paid FSG coordinators or continue to use volunteer leaders. The study demonstrates that FSGs are beneficial to...
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...
Major Stephen Shrader served as the HHC commander for 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry - part of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - from March 2003 to July 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shrader first deployed from May 2002 to December...
In this interview MAJ Jeff Botsford discusses his experiences as an Army chaplain. MAJ Botsford has had five deployments, one a deployment to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. MAJ Botsford has deployed with a variety of units but the one...
In this interview, MAJ Matt Simons, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Battery Commander in October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF). MAJ Simons discusses his pre-deployment training and describes his personal move...
My family and I were excited to arrive here at Fort Bliss for me to attend the United States Sergeants Major Academy. This was a time for my family and I to celebrate reaching the pinnacle ofmy career. Little did I know I would have to deal with...
My experience begins during the pre-deployment phase of OIF I, when I was a 1SG. The events in the world unfold through the early winter months of 2002, carry over into the winter of 2002 and 2003, as I became the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade...
From the first day I joined the Army until quite recently, I was informed that 'if the Army wanted me to have a wife, it would have issued me one.' I realized that it was intended as a light hearted joke about the conflict between the needs of our...
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...
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) allows state courts to treat military retirement pay as property for possible division in matters of divorce. The problem is that several military and veterans’ organizations...
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...
This paper will address an ethical dilemma that I was faced with in 2004. It addresses the issue of rape and how it is viewed. I will also relate it to the Botswana Defense Force (BDF)'s ethos and values. I am not the only person who dealt with...
This paper will discuss how I, the First Sergeant of a Military Intelligence Company, reorganized the company from a general support company into a direct support company in preparation for deployment to OIF II. This paper will further discuss how...
In 1949, following the conclusion of its revolutionary war against the Chinese Nationalist forces, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) peacefully occupied China's western most province of Xinjiang. For nearly sixty years, the PLA has conducted a...
Major Steve Gilbertson was the aviation plans officer of the 3rd Infantry Division's Aviation Brigade when alerted for deployment to Kuwait and ultimately Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deploying first for Operation Desert Spring, Gilbertson went through...
November 29, 2002, my wife and I went out to dinner with my parents for a special evening. The cause of the special evening was in three days my company, which I was the First Sergeant of, was deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation...
Major Jay Haley deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2004 as the Alpha Company commander in the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion as direct support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Approximately halfway...