(Matthias Fruth/Army, 2019) By James Boyd I remember doing my first inventory preparing for deployment. It was 2008,...
It’s Not All Supposed to Suck: Fighting Operational Friction
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Organizational Leadership Articles
Overcoming Barriers to Innovation: Taking Lessons Learned from Ukraine
by Andrew DeMoss and Luke VanAntwerp Over a century ago, on the European battlefields of World War I, new technologies...
Bigger Sibling’s Advice for Post-Platoon Leader Life
As I prepared to move across the hallway and take over as our company’s Executive Officer (“XO”), I was...
Behind the Camera: The Purpose of Unit Public Affairs
By Haylee Gagnon Taking the job as the Unit Public Affairs Officer (PAO) and Battalion Adjutant is not what every...
Professional Military Education is PT for the Brain
by Chris Johnson “The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the...
The 10 COMMANDments: A Company Command Team’s Reflections
by Dan Kinney and John Singharath Regardless of branch, commanding a unit is one of the hardest jobs you’ll ever have...
Soldiers With Stripes: A Perspective On Junior NCOs
By James Duncan Recently, I engaged a trusted squad leader for some much-needed feedback. I wanted to know his...
“Leading Up” as a Company Grade Officer
by Mike Martino “Someone got Sir off topic again…” Forty of us, students at the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course...
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...