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What To Do When the Army Stops Promoting You
By: Major Bob Gordon Imagine you’ve been married for more than 15 years. There have been ups and downs, but for the most part, it has been a fun, exciting, mutually beneficial, and fruitful relationship. Then one day, your spouse comes to you and...
The Universal War
By: ML Cavanaugh Whether I was with cadets or Koreans, I had a problem. As a military officer assigned to teach military strategy at West Point, and then on a staff alongside officers from the Republic of Korea, I kept bumping into the same...
How Good Leaders Communicate: Conduits vs Reservoirs
By: MAJ Ryan C. Boileau, Sr Over my 25-plus year military career, I have benefitted from mentors who shared their knowledge with me. A common trait in all great leaders is being a conduit of knowledge – disseminating and sharing what they know to...
Will Machines Change War as We Know It?
I recently had the pleasure of reading a copy of Paul Scharre’s Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War and it quickly became the book I recommend to any leader wishing to understand the complexity...
The Right Read Can Make You a Better Leader
From ARMY Magazine, Vol. 68, No. 4, April 2018. Copyright © 2018 by the Association of the U.S. Army and reprinted by permission of ARMY Magazine. Reading for professional growth is an important practice for military leaders. However, there can be...
Are Customs, Courtesies, and Traditions a Thing of the Past?
By SGM Paul Ellis Since it’s creation, the Army has undergone numerous evolutions, ranging from everything such as the way we fight to the weapons we bring to the fight. In recent years, the Army also seems to be transitioning to a culture where it...
Three Books You Should Read Before Company Command
For most officers, company command ranks in the top ten of their professional highlights reel. It’s a rewarding, yet humbling position for those who experience it. Over the course of 12 to 36 months, command provides captains with the authorities...
How to Fail as the S6
By: Chris Byrd, Dre’ Abadie, Joe Pishock, Joshua Trimble, Brian Jorgenson, Oz Ortiz, Shawn Carden, and Charles Smith. Two factors determine the operational reach of fighting formations: communications and logistics. The S6 is the center of...
The Leadership Lesson Our Parents Taught Us
When I first started learning to talk, my parents taught me an important lesson about great leadership. They taught me to be gracious. Whenever someone did something nice for me, they would look down at me and ask, “What do you say?” And I would...
If You Want To Write, Collaborate!
By Gary Klein At some point in time, all of us have written for school, our jobs, or publication. However, chances are, most of us have done this alone. Admittedly, writing by yourself simplifies the process of prewriting, drafting, revising,...
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