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7 Years’ Time: A Sexual Assault Survivor’s Story
(David McNew/Getty) Editor’s Note: Today is Denim Day, an annual campaign observed worldwide to highlight misconceptions surrounding sexual violence. It began twenty-plus years ago, after the Italian Supreme Court justices ruled that a rape...
3 Reasons to Attend The Next FTGN Writers Webinar
By Kevin Cutright Editor’s Note: Sign up for our May 3rd prospective writers webinar here. Not convinced? Read this piece. I was one of about 15 attendees in From the Green Notebook’s webinar for prospective writers in early February. I...
Questioning The Military Brain Drain
by Owen West Every so often an article declares that the military is suffering an avoidable exodus of its best junior officers. This argument has reappeared a dozen times since I joined the Marines in 1991. It’s misleading. Most officers who...
Ep 112: Dr. Amishi Jha- How To Perform When Life Stresses You Out
Dr. Amishi Jha joins Joe to discuss her book, Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day . Amishi sheds light on the complexities of the brain’s attention system to help us understand how we can navigate and...
Warrant Officers Need to Write Well Too
by Mike Lima It’s not just officers who need to know how to write—it’s warrant officers too. Warrant officers now have many roles, including staff officer positions and numerous duties as action officers. As a staff officer, the primary...
Do What You Say You Can Do
By Jacob Loftice The best training guidance I have received is “be able to do the things you say you can do.” Having the capability to execute your assigned mission is central to a unit’s readiness. It can be tempting to treat aspirations as facts...
Leaders Shoot First – the Value of Leader Live Fires
by Reed Markham Have you ever felt that the more you teach your Soldiers with words the less they get it? Or even listen? I have witnessed brilliant and experienced leaders struggle to train their teams over the years, and...
The Importance of Looking Down The Ladder
By Joe Byerly In August of 2013, I hesitantly posted my first blog post on From the Green Notebook. I remember the moments after I hit the publish button – nothing happened. I’m not exactly sure what I expected, but in my young and...
Harnessing the Power of Knowledge Management
by Jakob Hutter Reinventing the wheel is often discouraged. But COL Schmidt, the Director of Army University Press at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, argues it’s crucial for leaders to make impactful decisions and drive meaningful change in their...
Three Hockey Books On Leadership
By Dan Sukman If you want to go somewhere fast, go by yourself. If you want to go far, go together. – Glen Sather Sports often serve as a metaphor, and in many cases as a testing ground for real life. There are lessons we learn playing youth...
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The One Thing Series: Sharing the Profession with Department of the Army Civilians
By Tom Dull “The Army profession develops Soldiers and Army civilians who demonstrate character, competence, and commitment through career-long training, education, and experience.” – ADP 6-22: Army Leadership and the Profession In the...
Operationalizing Individual and Team Development
by Scott Nusom The field grade officer’s chief responsibility is to operationalize guidance and intent. However, often overlooked is how field grade leaders can just as effectively operationalize individual and team development. Simply stated,...
Readiness Displayed: The Ukraine Conflict and the Importance of Readiness Principles
by Aaron Childers The Russo-Ukraine War has captivated the world’s attention as the smaller and less-technologically advanced Ukrainian forces continue to stall the advance of a much larger and better-equipped force. Many issues have plagued...
Missing the Forests for the Trees: The Flaw in Army Future Command’s Vision on Emerging Conflicts
by Yancy J. Bush A common idiom applied to someone too engrossed in a detail describes that person as unable to see the forest for the trees. They miss the larger context of the situation by only considering a small component of it. This saying...
On Practical Leadership- The Value of Active Listening
by Alberto J. Delgado “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” You’ve probably heard that quote thrown around at meetings and posted all over social-media as...
The Science and Art of Command
by Michael Everett Does the Army practice Mission Command? Or Command and Control? After the 2019 update to ADP 6-0 Mission Command, many young leaders are confused about the terms command and control and mission command. The bottom line is this:...
Making Good Decisions on Time
by Gary McDonald and Ron Sprang It is D-Day, June 6 1944, Dog Green Sector, Omaha Beach, the waves crash against the beach. Countless Higgins boats race to the shore to deliver the first wave of young warriors to the fight. “Clear the ramp, 30...
The Field Grade Leader and Domestic Operations: A Primer
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Leading at the Crossroads of Experience and Personality
by Kyle Trottier and William Branch Upon being selected to serve as the BCT Executive Officer (XO) and BCT Operations Officer (S3), William Branch and I held a series of sensing sessions with each Battalion Commander and Battalion Command Sergeant...
The SFAB: A Lieutenants Experience
by Christopher Wilson Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article was published in the Spring 2022 issue of Infantry magazine and has been reproduced with permission. As I in-processed to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade...
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