By Benjamin Hockman “What does a chaplain do?” It was a question I had not really thought much about through the...
What Does the Chaplain Do?
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Lessons Learned Articles
Leadership in the Furnace: What Cancer Taught Me About Leading Others
By COL Ron Sprang Nearly three decades in the Army has taught me how to prepare for uncertainty. I trained for combat,...
Innovation Is a Command Problem
by LTC Yu-Sheng (Dave) Chen Military organizations operate with finite money, time, manpower, equipment, and leader...
Teach Junior Officers How to Negotiate
By Jason Ruggieri A Coast Guard Boarding Team just denied entry of two million dollars’ worth of marijuana into the...
The Advice I Got From Outer Space
By Joe Byerly I was on a road trip with my family in May 2023 when I received a phone call from a Houston-area number....
Congratulations on Your Promotion to MAJ! Here is a Dumpster Fire: Lessons from Two First-Year KD Majors
By Sam Balch and Sara Roger Nobody warns you. They just hand you the keys, wish you luck, and walk away. The first...
How LinkedIn Upped My Military Game
by Stephen T. Messenger As a U.S. Army officer, I never had much need nor desire to interact on LinkedIn. After all,...
In the Wake of a Leader’s Suicide: Leading Through Grief, Readiness, and Organizational Complexity
By Colonel Laura Weimer The burden of command is heavy. In early 2023, I felt that immense weight of responsibility...
Gambling with Influence: Don’t Bet Your Life on Someone Else’s Promise
By Joe Byerly I sat across from the Army general during my initial counseling, just a few months into squadron...