...Academy Senior Leaders Course 17-020 5th Platoon ADM (Ret) William H. McRaven The purpose of this paper is to analyze how United States Navy Admiral (Retired) William H. McRaven positively affected the United States military. He had such a profound impact on the military, not because of his accomplishments, but because of his leadership and mentorship. This paper will discuss how Admiral (Retired) McRaven demonstrated each of the Army leader attributes and competencies and the subsequent impact that he had on the military. I will describe how Admiral (Retired) McRaven contributed to my personal growth and development, leading to my personal leadership philosophy. I will conclude with the legacy that I personally hope to leave on the Army....
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...year 1776. Throughout the book, McCullough puts a huge emphasis on specific military figures, such as General Charles Lee, John Sullivan, Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox,...
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...winning, a trait that helped him beat the bugger army. The book Enders Game was better that the movie because it was more detailed, it didn’t skip over a long period of time and it gave a better idea of who the characters are. In the story of Enders Game there are many important plot points, and relationship present in the book. Some themes that are present in...
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...mirror and decided I really cared about leadership. Leadership is one of the main reasons I am working towards a degree in Human Resources Management. Before you can understand why leadership is important to me, you need to understand what and how I define leadership. I first learned about leadership in the United States Army. The Army defines leadership as “the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization” (The Center for Army Leadership, 2008). I truly believe that if you have this as a foundation for your style of leadership, you will always be successful. To me, a leader is someone who always places the needs of his subordinates and his company before his own. Someone who is not afraid to get their hands dirty and work right alongside those that he supervises. A great leader understands that we are all different, and what motivates one person will not work on another. You can’t use a cookie cutter method for leading your people to success. Most, if not all leaders learn how to become a leader from modeling themselves after their leaders. I think John C. Maxwell really hit the nail on the head when he talks about the Desired Style of Leadership: MODEL THE DESIRED STYLE...
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...1. This book has been written by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway and published by Harper Perennial. They had returned to La Drang alley after four decades where they had fought battle with north Vietnamese army. Renewing their relationships with ten american veterans of the battle and with their former enemy. The author explores how the war changed them all, as well as their two countries. 2. This book is more about the important events in Moore’s life: how he got to the west point, side trip to the Dien Bien Phu, assignments to Korea, leaderships lesson and views on warfare. Review 3. Lt. Gen. Harold Moore has written his interesting life in this short book. It is only partially tied to the 1965 battle in the La Drang valley, still he had described some events of 1993 when he,...
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...Through redemption and strength, Ender trains and fights to become their leader, and perhaps the Earth’s only savior. There are two forms of the Ender’s Game story, the original novel, Written by Orson Scott Card,...
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...the book buggers. Before Ender was chosen, he had to wear a monitor that allowed people from the military to see what he was doing and that monitor was taken out when he was chosen but Ender thought that the military didn’t want him anymore just like his siblings. Ender’s older siblings also wore the same monitor but neither of them was chosen and that made one of his siblings mad and the name of that sibling was Peter and when the monitor was taken out of Ender Peter’s anger didn’t even decrease by a bit. But it’s also the same with Ender’s schoolmates because they tried to beat him up, but Ender stood up for...
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...The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A Life Application Alexander K.M. Aflague University of Guam BA 240 29 Nov 2015 A Life Application Before even reading the book “The 7 habits of highly effective people” by Stephen covey, I looked through the table of contents and realized that I had already experienced all seven of the habits he had expressed in the book. This was all related to my twelve years I had spent in the Army before my injury had happened. I was released then started attending school, and eventually ending up in a Management class where the book appeared. I realized that I am now reliving it through the college experience and eventually will reuse the habits in the civilian work force. Although many of the experiences were similar in certain ways, reading the book itself gave me a much better perspective and understanding from these habits. The outcome of each was so different from what I had experienced in the Army. The power of the Paradigm, which was covered in part one of his book, stated that, “We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be” (Covey p.32). Just like a service member, whether still in or out of the service, has a smile every day to cover the sadness, Anger, and pain, which they may be struggling from PTSD, stress, and anxiety. We all tend to live each day where everything is perfect or bad because that’s how we see it. Simply said as people just think strictly inside the box where...
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...“The Long March was a retreat that changed the destiny of China” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The Long March was an epic journey across China conducted by the Red army in 1934. After the breakdown of the first United Front, Chiang Kai Shek launched an offensive which forced a retreat from Mao and the Red army. This retreat is believed to have lasted for over a year and covered 6000 miles. By the end of the march, of the 80000 marchers who embarked on the journey, only 6000 made it to Yenan. It was a march rich with heroism and hardship. However to call the Long March a retreat that changed the destiny of china is controversial. The term 'destiny' can be interpreted in two different ways. It can be the outcome of the Long March influencing the civil war by 1949 or the world's perspective of China. According to many historians, such as Richard Cavendish, the Long March was a victorious march for Mao and the CCP. It made the survival of the imperiled CCP possible, gave Mao a secure grasp on its leadership and ultimately led to the creation of the People's Republic of China. “As a bulwark of Chinese pride and patriotism, skillfully exploited as such by Mao and his circle”. It is also sometimes believed that the Long March was a seeding machine, one that spread the Marxist ideology and manipulated the opinions of China and Mao across the globe. Before the epic journey began, the CCP was in a quagmire and the Nationalists seemed on the point of establishing...
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...A war text is a text in which major characteristics of war prevail; scenes of war, heroes are described in action, military leaders, and courage are depicted in such text. The story of the Iliad by Homer describes fifty latter days at the Trojan War. The book is a classical epic poem that vividly describes brass armaments and mortal blows in combat. It also glorifies battle, violence, bloodshed, relates vicissitudes of fortune and the prominence of god intervention in human affairs. The book is a great war book in a sense that the story takes place in a war environment, it has leaders, heroes, who demonstrate courage throughout the book. A-Presence of a war For a Great War text to exist, it must be a war. There was definitely a war in the Iliad by Homer: the Trojan. This War began after the abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta, spouse of King Menelaus, by the Trojan prince Paris. This was an insult to the king. Then all the Achaeans (Greeks) got together to fight the Trojans in order to take Helen back from the Trojans. Everything started because of a selfish act from Paris. Nine years of war, thousands of people dead from both sides, just because one person decides to please himself, regardless of the consequences. War is described in a complex way by Homer. On one hand he is condemning the war by painting a very morbid and perverse image of it. Indeed, Homer starts the Iliad by describing all the pain felt by the Achaeans and the deaths, of thousands of men...
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...implement their leadership practices, all of the approaches tend to be unified with the desired outcome of improving the organizations efficiency practices and growth in helping the organization to move forward in the direction that they want it to go. A1. Description of the Organization The ACS or Army Community Service center is a one stop family center that focuses on serving military communities all over the world. It was implemented and put into place to offer an array of services that include but is not limited to information and referral systems, relocation assistance programs, orientations and briefings, financial readiness, family advocacy, employment readiness programs, army family team building classes, army family action plans, army volunteer corps, swap and assist shops, food pantries and Christmas shops. These programs in some way shape or form are very important to the military, their families and communities in which they were designed to serve as a helping agent to assist in helping making military family lives to run a little smoother in spite of the different and frequent PCS moves that military families have to face on a recurring basis. The main mission of the Army Community Services organization is to “Facilitate commander's ability to provide comprehensive, coordinated, and responsive services that support readiness of Soldiers, civilian employees and...
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...Leadership in the 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army: An Evaluation & Critique by RAB April 2015 Table of Contents Foreword …………………………………………………………………………….………….. 1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………….…….……………. 2 Organization & Objectives ………………………………….……………...…….………………3 Figure 1: 2/29th IN Organizational Structure …………………………………………….4 Theory of Leadership & Leadership Practices..………………………………….……….…….. 7 Figure 2: James Collins Level Five Leadership Model…………………………………..8 Effects of Leadership Practices on Organizational Culture ……………………….………….... 10 SWOT Analysis ………………………………………………………………………..…….… 11 Application of the Level Five Leadership Theory …………………………….…………….… 13 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………...…… 16 Figure 3: James Collins Level Five Leadership Model, applied………………………..17 NOTES …………………………………………………………………………………….. 18 Foreword This leadership critique is an analysis of my own personal thoughts and impressions of a unit in the U.S. Army. While I was in the Army, I was a young company grade officer. I want to stress that this is one young officer’s opinion. When I cite a fact or research, I will source it. Otherwise, please take this as a young officer’s critique and analysis. In other words, this critique is intended as a spring board for a discussion; it is not a multi-page paper designed to be entered as evidence in a court. This evaluation is my attempt to reconcile how my...
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...1775, with the creation of the newly formed Continental Army begins the history of the Noncommissioned Officer. A history that is full of discipline, gallantry, honor, selfless service, and heroism. Post-Revolutionary War, the duties and responsibilities of a noncommissioned officer had very little standardization which was soon to change. In 1778, during the winter at Valley Forge standardization was about to be met with the publication of Inspector General Friedrich Von Steuben’s Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States (printed 1779). Referred to as the Blue Book, it outlined the duties and responsibilities of noncommissioned officers At the time the Blue Book outlined the five separate ranks of noncommissioned...
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...Introduction In a world of ever-increasing dependence on technology and the vast amount of information that is available, it is important to look at how this dependence will shape war in the future. P.W. Singer and August Cole present how this might look in the book Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. Set in the near future the novel sets a hypothetical scenario that puts the United States at war with China and Russia. The initial conflict is a dramatic loss for America and an eye opener of the over reliance on digital systems, which begs the question, what do we do when the very systems we rely on are used against us? In my reading of the novel, I observed several key takeaways that I believe have great value in successfully fighting future wars and on growth as leaders. This review will discuss three main ideas that were present throughout the book and how to apply them to the present, as well as, mitigate them in the future. Part One will discuss how the authors build a view of technological dependence and how it impacts the conflict within the book. In this part, I will...
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...Baron von Steuben was without a doubt one of the greatest military leader during the American Revolution. Steuben was recommended to Benjamin Franklin by the French minister of war. Franklin later passed the word of Steuben’s availability to George Washington. By February 23,1778 he arrived at Valley Forge. Steuben brought Prussian techniques, tactics, and hygiene to Valley Forge. Steuben brought hygiene to Valley Forge. Before his arrival the “Continental troops were accustomed to living among their own filth.” (www.history.com) Before Steuben disease ran wild. Soldiers commonly had diseases like small pox, typhoid, pneumonia, and dysentery. Steuben quickly reorganized the camp to establish basic hygiene. “He demanded that kitchens and latrines be on opposite sided of the camp, with latrines facing a downhill slope” (www.history.com). This slowed down the spread of disease. This is just one reason why Steuben was better than other military leaders....
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