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Tactical Decision Games in a Virtual Setting
By Cadet John B. Douglas During the spring 2020 semester, Army ROTC Cadets at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Naval ROTC Midshipmen at the University of Illinois adapted to the challenges posed by COVID-19 by organizing online Tactical...
The Leader’s Guide to Creating a Daily Maintenance Battle Rhythm
By MG Jeffery Broadwater, COL Patrick Disney, and MAJ Allen Trujillo Have you ever walked into a situation in which you had no clue what was going on? Have you ever been in charge of a process that used a language to communicate that you did not...
Hate Meetings? Maybe Its Your Fault
By Joe Byerly Most people hate meetings –especially with large groups. Sure, meetings are a great opportunity to get business done in the military, but many of the meetings I have attended and personally ran were squandered opportunities. I hate...
Why We All Need to Develop a Daily Habit of Reading
By Joe Byerly When it comes down to it, the purpose of a military is to fight and win its nation’s wars. And war is complex. When lives or national interests are at stake the outcome is never certain and events can unfold in a manner that no one...
Lessons Learned on Maintenance and Supply from Pegasus 6
By MG Jeffery Broadwater, COL Kevin Capra, and MAJ Allen Trujillo Managing property and maintaining equipment is challenging, especially when you’re in an Armored Division with a high operations tempo (OPTEMPO). The impacts of COVID-19 on 1st...
More Leaders Need to Get Punched in the Face
By Michael S. Burke “Kick his ass!” was one of the multiple jeers I heard through the litany of booing as I stepped on the mat at Dragoon Fight Night, the 2d Cavalry Regiment’s combative showcase. A few weeks prior, I had posted a video on...
What is a Tiger Team and Why is the Opportunity Valuable?
By Brian Thorson and Zachary Rozar When first approached about participating on a tiger team, we were unsure if our boss was trying to be funny and make a Tiger King joke at our expense or if we were being given another task. With the benefit of...
The Army Coaching Program: Why I Opted in and You Should Too
By Cassie Crosby After participating in the Army’s Battalion Commander Assessment Program (BCAP) in January 2020, I received a mass email to all BCAP participants from Major General Joseph P. McGee, the Director of the Army’s Talent Management Task...
How President Eisenhower Made Decisions
I recently finished How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions by Susan Eisenhower. The book examines who Eisenhower was as a person and a leader through the decisions he made beginning with his time as Supreme Allied...
Own Your Development
By Joe Byerly There’s a great fictional scene from Steven Pressfield’s Virtues of War. A young Alexander III of Macedon (“The Great” would be added much later) arrives at the royal riding school and observes another boy riding a horse. He stands in...
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