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Welcome back, Humility!
by Craig Butera A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about...
The Fort Hood People First Center: A Prevention-Focused Developmental Model
by Chad R. Foster The Fort Hood People First Center is a unique initiative with the potential to have a significant impact on individual leaders, units, and organizations across the entire Army. This effort is not simply putting a new sign in front...
The Change Agent
by Dennis P. Reilly In a previous article, I discussed why some commands fail. If we accept this premise, then we must also accept the fact that someday you may end up in one of these commands. Leaders do not always get what they want and must make...
S3,Ep12: Cassie Crosby- Reflection for Busy Leaders
Joe and Cassie talk about the power of reflection and what got in the way of realizing its benefits earlier in their careers. They also share the story behind their recently released book, My Green Notebook: “Know Thyself” Before Changing Jobs. ...
Counseling: An Imperfect Approach
by Stein Thorbeck It doesn’t have to be this way. “You are the first person that has actually counseled me!” These words or a variation thereof are tragically common. Many of us could be better counselors, either by frequency or impact. As...
S3,Ep11: Major General Mick Ryan and Steve Leonard: The Science Fiction Episode
Major General Mick Ryan of the Australian Defence Force and Steve Leonard, the creator of Doctrine Man!! join Joe to discuss the benefits of science fiction and Steve’s new book, To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st...
Optimizing Talent Management: Recommendations for the Next Version of the Assignment Interactive Module (AIM)
by Steven Lee The Assignment Interactive Module (AIM2) marketplace is the tool that soldiers, units, and Human Resources Command (HRC) use to align individuals with their next assignment to optimize talent management. In my recent experience, AIM...
Why Do We Choose to Serve?
By Everett S.P. Spain Author’s Note: The soldiers’ names and home locations in this article have been changed for confidentiality. As Veterans Day approaches, I find myself asking why I have yet to hang up my Army uniform after many years of...
Mental Health and Psychological Resiliency: Preparing Enablers for Large Scale Combat Operations
by Arianna N. Johnson The Soldier’s Creed defines the essence of the American Soldier. Its words are one of the first things drilled into the heads of every trainee, words shouted thousands of times a day to help trainees understand exactly what...
The Ultimate Field Grade Officer Survival Guide
by Ashley Welte Author’s Note: The vignettes provided in this article are from Majors and Lieutenant Colonels who served in three different Corps, four separate Divisions, and seven individual Brigades / Groups. They have a total of 22 years in...
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Speak the Forbidden Letters: MDMP
By Josh Powers and Joe Byerly In many organizations, the letters “MDMP” will send staff officers running. The process can be painful and daunting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. As field grade officers, we control the planning timeline and we...
Field Grade Tales From a Former OC/T
By Jim King One of the benefits of being an Observer Controller/Trainer (OC/T) is that we get to stand with one leg in doctrine and the other in reality. We learn the theory, but then watch countless units fight it out in the Mojave desert, moving...
In Case You Didn’t Know It, Things Are Very Different Now: Part 2
By: Tony Cucolo Exceptional Personal Appearance: The Baseline for a Great First Impression I have taken a lot of good-natured chiding and grief for this portion of the coaching – one of my Majors called it “The Blazer Brief” — but I cannot...
In Case You Didn’t Know It, Things Are Very Different Now: Part 1
By Major General Tony Cucolo, U.S. Army (Ret.) Over the length of my time in uniform, I often found myself scratching my head and saying to no one in particular, “I wish someone had told me that…” So, I make it a point to wherever and whenever...
Iron Major, Meet Your PAO
By Dave Butler and Dave Chace In the Information Age, how your actions are interpreted are as important as the actions themselves. This applies not only to the battlefield but to the local community, the greater military enterprise and your...
Should I Go to SAMS?
By: Jim Greer Someone recently asked me, “Why should an officer attend SAMS (the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies)?” But, in fact I think that is exactly the wrong question. The question ought to be, “Why would any officer not want to...
10 Rules for the Iron Major
By. Chad Foster Lists of “rules” are always problematic because they are never really complete or perfect. There is ALWAYS a better way to phrase something or a key idea that gets left out. However, the list below is one that has stayed with me for...
The Iron Major: War Stories From the Staff
By Steve Leonard, creator of Doctrine Man!! It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The “Iron Major” phase of your career can seem to drag on forever, drifting in that twilight zone between the nostalgia of company command and the...
The Field Grade Survival Kit
By Aaron Childers You are going into a survival situation and you can only bring ten things… Sometimes being a field grade is like being in a survival scenario. You have a lot to do, build shelter, find water, and search for food. All of these...
The Major’s Guide to Hurting Soldiers
This is the first post in the Field Grade Week Series (#FGWEEK). The intent is to provide company grade officers and new majors advice on making the successful transition from captain to major. This particular article by BG Ross Coffman was one of...
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