LTC Ostervold’s first assignment was a Platoon Leader of a horizontal construction platoon in Alpha Company, 94th Engineer Battalion attached to the 1st Armored Division. LTC Ostervold took charge of his platoon as it was redeploying from the Leghorn Depot in Italy and started planning and preparations for a deployment to Bosnia. LTC Ostervold deployed his platoon to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Once in Bosnia, he deployed his platoon across the Sava River to Comanche Base, where
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have served as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) for more than eight years, and held such leadership positions as Team Leader, Squad Leader, Section Sergeant and Platoon Sergeant. I have been directly in charge of as many as 18 Soldiers and NCOs as well as serving as an instructor at the AIT level as an NCO. I have also served as a Platoon Leader and Company Standardization Officer as a Warrant Officer and I can honestly say that the leadership role of an NCO is not much different than that of a Warrant
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Each ground Troop contained three line platoons as well as a headquarters platoon. The combat teeth of each Troop could be found in the tank sections and scout squads. Each Troop had nine M48 Patton tanks, 28 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAVs), making each Troop a very formidable force. Each of ¼ Cav's
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authors that write about war and give them certain visuals (Carter, 2001).” Throughout the book, Kiowa is honest and truthful with his platoon and very compassionate. Kiowa is a character that likes to help his fellow soldiers with their unfortunate actions in the book and carries a pair of moccasins in order to walk quietly. Kiowa’s death becomes very tragic to the platoon and the men will never be the same without Kiowa. Kiowa dies in a very atrocious way, by becoming engulfed in the muck of a sewage
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enclosure (2). c. Tasks. (1) 1ST Platoon. (a) Coordinate with The Palms to lock on venue and catering service. (2) 2ND Platoon. (a) Coordinate with Combat Camera to provide programs, seating charts, and photograph the event. (3) 3RD Platoon. (a) Prepare to provide an amusing skit for the entertainment of the mess. (4) 4TH Platoon.
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Impact of Transformational Leadership on Follower Development and Performance: A Field Experiment Author(s): Taly Dvir, Dov Eden, Bruce J. Avolio, Boas Shamir Source: The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Aug., 2002), pp. 735-744 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069307 . Accessed: 13/10/2011 04:47 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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objective. The purpose was to stop the enemy’s ability to reinforce the prison camp and was scheduled to end once the last Ranger element crossed the Papanga River and fired a flare. 1st Platoon Charlie Company's task was to breach the front gate of the Japanese prison compound. The purpose was to allow 2nd Platoon Charlie Company to secure the POWs and evacuate them.
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casualties, the exact number was never recorded. It was a very sad and disgusting event, but we can’t change the past. The My Lai Massacre happened on the morning of March 16,1968. It wasn’t a battle, it was where this platoon of Americans went in and just massacred civilians in a village
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nation. Fredrick Downs, the author of the book, was the lieutenant who was assigned to lead Alpha One Six. Reading this book, you will see the day to day experiences of his platoon. Fredrick was excited to become a soldier for his country but didn’t realize the pain and suffering that is inevitable while at war. Downs and his platoon alternate between the searching of jungles on destroy missions and the assignment of watching the three small bridges, labeled “101, 102, and 103”. It is early in this
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was in the platoon Smokin Aces. The year was 1824 and the indians began to pick off the army and military warriors one by one. This all started when the white folk broke our peace treaty and took over indian reservations. The peace treaty purty much said that we here white folk could not take land from the indians, they could not attack our warriors, and we can not attack their warriors. We broke that peace treaty a little while back
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