It teaches that regardless of facing great challenges, a military leader must demonstrate resilience and insistence. A leader must be flexible in his judgment, beliefs, tactics, and actions. By following Wheeler’s example, a leader must do the utmost to accomplish maximum results with available resources. In addition, discipline is one of the most important characteristic of an Army at all times. Leaders have the obligation to command their troops under any situation and under no circumstance should never allow the lack of discipline.
Legacy Leader: General Stanley McChrystal, US Army, (Retired) The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate how GEN Stan McChrystal exudes the three leader attributes and three leader competencies and the impact upon myself and the Army. GEN McChrystal left a lasting impression on myself and the Army though his words and actions, which I try and emulate daily. He embodied the three leader attributes of character, presence, and intellect (Department of the Army [DA], 2012). Similarly, GEN McChrystal displayed the three leader competencies of leads, develops, and achieves (DA, 2012).
The Army Profession is professional organization built on 239 years of traditions and belief that service to the nation and its people is greater than one’s self. The Army has evolved and changed over the course of its history. Through lessons learned from past conflicts, the Army as adapted and implemented changes to its doctrines to develop professional soldiers, educate, train soldiers as we fight and collectively prepare the Army for any future conflicts. This essay, from a soldier point of view, glances at the Army culture and the pillars which make up the foundation of the Army Profession; it explores the ethical codes and the five essential characteristics of the Army Profession: Military Expertise, Honorable Service, Trust, Esprit de Corps and Stewardship (ADRP1, 2013). Living by these specific sets of values and principles is what makes the Army Profession unique and set it apart from any other Professions.
1. Introduction The United States Military Academy is an institution that prides itself on its leadership development. An important aspect of developing second lieutenants is developing “leaders of character who internalize the ideals of Duty, Honor, Country and the Army Ethics” (Gold Book 4). This character and moral development starts with the Cadet Honor Code.
Among these five characteristics; military expertise, honorable service, trust, esprit de corps, and stewardship of the profession, I believe that military expertise and stewardship of the profession are the two characteristics that make a leader excel in the presence of their peers. ADRP 1 defines military expertise as, “Military expertise is the design, generation, support, and ethical application of land power, primarily in unified land operations, and all supporting capabilities essential to accomplish the mission in defense of the American people”. In order to gain trust from your subordinates for them to follow your guidance, a leader must have military expertise. Without being an expert in your field, subordinates will not trust your guidance provided unto them. ADRP 1 defines Stewardship of the Profession as, “Stewardship is the responsibility of Army professionals to ensure the profession maintains its five essential characteristics now and into the future”.
Through the past 11 years that I have been an enlisted Soldier, I have seen the value of leadership and the effect good and poor leadership can have on Soldiers and
The Importance of Accountability in the U.S. Army Every living thing on Earth demands discipline and accountability, but when it comes to U.S. Army, soldiers are trained specifically in these subjects. There are extreme costs at risk if these principles are not held high by the Armed Forces. Most organized Armies focus on the importance of accountability and teach it in the very beginning stages of readiness. Accountability includes things such as showing up on time to safeguarding sensitive records, keeping account of resources to watching out for fellow soldiers. Almost everything can be tied back to the importance of accountability.
Is it okay to commit our United States military and use military force against that country, in order to get them to conform to the type of democracy we live in. Our country faces ethical dilemmas, when it comes to military action within the Middle East, the Middle East has been in civil dressed for over five thousand years, because of constant interference, and cultural and religious beliefs with-in this country, so does this make the United States international police department? Some people would agree and say we should turn a blind eye. After September 11th 2001, our country is World Trade Center was part of a terrorism plot to the destabilized the country, and to cause destruction in pain and civil dearest with that in the United States, at this time the United States geared up to go over
The transition from enlisted into the ranks of officer is not a situation that anyone should take lightly. With greater rank comes greater responsibility, I emphatically understand the prestige and responsibility that comes with this transition. In this essay, I will answer three questions. Why do I want to be a military officer? What does society expect from me as a military officer?
These are just a few of the army values and how they play an important part in an effective leader and follower’s day to day
This creed given to the Young Officer Course of 2014 has all the answers to becoming a leader who truly leads by example “Fit to Fight Fit to Lead” Soldiers and war go hand in hand therefor it would be expected for soldiers to go into training so that when the time comes for the war he/ she is competent and physically capable of overcoming the enemy. As the officer in charge of these men who will send them into battle, you would want to be certain that if you send your men into fight that they won’t desert the country or the mission given and that they can be successful in achieving the goal.
Davannah Knatt Communication Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information. At the work place, communication verbally and nonverbally is extremely important. In order for the unit to effectively grow, we need to improve our communication and it starts with the leaders. Once the leaders communicate better then the soldiers will feel comfortable and this will create a nonhostile environment. Better communication within our unit would create a better morale.
Eight years ago I walked into a Navy recruiter's office and said, " If I join today, when is the soonest I can go to boot camp? " I did not know what to expect. However I was sure of one thing, and that was that I wanted to join the United States Navy. As those eight years ensued, the Navy began to mold me physically and mentally. Some of the changes I underwent were positive, and others were rather uncouth.
Military leadership is the process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. Another significant aspect of emphasized by the army is charisma. Therefore, army strategy to have a great leader is to choose people with high charisma since follower are always drawn to leaders with charisma. By having a high charisma they can command the follower easily. The basic task of a leader are: achieve the mission with zero fatality.
Furthermore, a study made by Amit et al about leadership-shaping experience found that a group of soldiers who had more leadership experiences were perceived to be leaders compared to those who did not . This points to the fact that exercises in self-development and discipline were key to building leadership qualities. Leaders as mentioned before are role-models in society and when those leadership qualities are nurtured, the society as a whole benefits from them.
