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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [January-February 2014]
This January-February 2014 issue of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center's "Military Review" contains the following articles: "Virtual Influence: Leveraging Social Media as a Leadership Tool" by Jana Fajardo, "Preferring Copies with No Originals" by Ben Zweibelson, "A Tale of Two Districts" by Daniel Green, "Of Burning Platforms and Champions" by William Hines, "States, Societies, Resistance, and COIN [Counterinsurgency]" by Samuel Abrams, "Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: Strategic Gain or Backlash?" by Kofi Nsia-Pepra, "The Fourth Revolution: Hyper-Learning" by Frederic Brown, "Lessons of a Coalition Partner in Afghanistan: 2002-2013" by Sholto Stephens, "Harmony in Battle: Training the Brigade Combat Team for Combined Arms Maneuver" by Michael Fenzel and Shane Morgan, "Creeping Death: Clausewitz and Comprehensive Counterinsurgency" by Brett Friedman, and "Managing Risk in Today's Army" by Brendan Gallagher.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [November-December 2014]
This November-December 2014 issue of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center's "Military Review" contains the following articles: "Assurance in Europe: Why Relationships Matter"; "The M1 Abrams: Today and Tomorrow"; "Bringing Mobility to the Infantry Brigade Combat Team"; "Losing Our Way: The Disassociation of Reconnaissance and Security Organizations from Screen, Guard, and Cover Missions"; "The Pen and the Sword: The New Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System - NCO 2020"; "Army Learning Concept 2015 is Underway"; "The Challenge of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Korean Peninsula"; "Survivability, Sustainability, and Maneuverability: The Need for Joint Unity of Effort in Implementing the DOD Arctic Strategy at the Tactical and Operational Levels"; "What Lessons Did We Learn (or Re-Learn) About Military Advising After 9/11?"; "Operational Serval: Another Beau Geste of France in Sub-Saharan Africa?"; "Entanglement: Using Social Network Analysis for Military Justice Applications"; "Leveraging the Power of Loyal Dissent in the U.S. Army"; "Two Faces of Critical Thinking for the Reflective Military Practitioner"; and "No Shortage of Campfires: Keeping the Army Adaptable, Agile, and Innovative in the Austere Times".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review, The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [July-August 2014]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." This July-August 2014 edition includes the following articles "Cadets in Strategic Landpower: Managing the Talent We Need"; "Our Strategic Understanding: Teaching Strategy from the Ground Up"; "Defining Force 2025"; "Strategic Leadership for Strategic Landpower: Make Explicit That Which is Implicit, and Do What Your Boss Needs You to Do"; "Hurtling Toward Failure: Complexity in Army Operations"; "Sustaining the Army National Guard as an Operational Force"; "The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum: Developing a Culture of Innovation"; "War as Political Work: Using Social Science for Strategic Success"; "Army Experimentation: Developing the Army of the Future - Army 2010"; "The Rise of Al Jazeera: The Need for Greater Engagement by the U.S. Department of Defense"; "You are Fired"; "America's Frontier Wars: Lessons for Asymmetric Conflicts"; and "Rape in Wartime".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [July-August 2014]
The following feature articles are included in this July-August 2014 issue of "Military Review": "Cadets in Strategic Landpower: Managing the Talent We Need"; "On Strategic Understanding: Teaching Strategy from the Ground Up"; "Defining Force 2025"; "Strategic Leadership for Strategic Landpower: Make Explicit That Which is Implicit, and Do What Your Boss Needs You to Do"; "Hurtling Toward Failure: Complexity in Army Operations"; "Sustaining the Army National Guard as an Operational Force"; "The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum: Developing a Culture of Innovation"; "War as Political Work: Using Social Science for Strategic Success"; "Army Experimentation: Developing the Army of the Future - Army 2020"; "The Rise of Al Jazeera: The Need for Greater Engagement by the U.S. Department of Defense"; "You Are Fired"; and "America's Frontier Wars: Lessons for Asymmetric Conflicts".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [May-June 2014]
The following feature articles are included in this May-June 2014 issue of "Military Review": "Considerations for Offensive Cyberspace Operations"; "Responsibility Practices in Robotic Warfare"; "Failed Cyberdefense: The Environmental Consequences of Hostile Acts"; "The Utility of Cyberpower"; "Beyond Cocaine Cowboys: Looking at Security in Latin America From a Different Perspective"; "Cybersecurity: It Isn't Just for Signal Officers Anymore"; "Network-Centric Warfare and the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy"; "Is There Room for Peace Studies in a Future-Centered Warfighting Curriculum?"; "Medical Operations in Counterinsurgency: Joining the Fight"; and "Persistent Conflict and Special Operations Forces".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [March-April 2014]
The following articles are featured in this March-April 2014 edition of "Military Review": "Strengths-Based Leadership Theory and Development of Subordinate Leaders"; "Developing Trustworthy Commissioned Officers"; "Evil on the Horizon"; "Extending SHARP Best Practices"; "Is Experience the Missing Link in Junior Officer Development?"; "The Syrian Crisis from a Neighbor's Perspective"; "The Criticality of Captains' Education"; "Ethics Education of Military Leaders"; "Improving Leader Development in the Operational Domain"; and "Leading Structured Organization in the Dynamic Information Age".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review, The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [September-October 2014]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." This September-October 2014 edition includes the following articles: "Noncommissioned Officers and Mission Command"; "U.S. Army Physical Readiness Training Protocols"; "Building Partnership Capacity 101: The New Jordan Armed Forces Noncommissioned Officer Corps"; "NCO [Noncommissioned Officers] 2020: A Concept for Self-Paced Learning in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System"; "The Role of Character in Effective Leadership"; "Afghanistan Endgame: Lessons from Cambodia 1973-1975"; "Transformational Stories: How the Weekend Safety Briefing can be a Forum for the Professional Military Ethic"; "The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education"; "Macro-Ethics and Tactical Decision Making"; "The Human Domain: The Army's Necessary Push Toward Squishiness"; "Retaining the Warrior Spirit"; "The Morality on Intervention by Waging Irregular Warfare"; and "Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [September-October 2014]
This September-October 2014 issue of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center's "Military Review" contains the following articles: "Noncommissioned Officers and Mission Command"; "U.S. Army Physical Readiness Training Protocols"; "Building Partnership Capacity 101: The New Jordan Armed Forces Noncommissioned Officer Corps"; "NCO 2020: A Concept for Self-Paced Learning in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System"; "The Role of Character in Effective Leadership"; "Afghanistan Endgame: Lessons from Cambodia 1973-1975"; "Transformational Stories: How the Weekend Safety Brief Can Be a Forum for the Professional Military Ethic"; "The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education"; Macro-Ethics and Tactical Decision Making"; "The Human Domain: The Army's Necessary Push Toward Squishiness"; "Retaining the Warrior Spirit"; and "The Morality of Intervention by Waging Irregular Warfare".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Robots on the Battlefield. Contemporary Perspectives and Implications for the Future
"Technological innovation brings with it the promise of greater efficiency. This is particularly true for innovations applied to the implements of war. Moreover, at punctuated intervals throughout human history technical and scientific developments have resulted in a nonlinear change of both battlefield tactics and national strategies. The airplane, the tank, and the magazine-fed rifle are modern examples, but the bow and the stirrup had equally revolutionary impacts on the armies of their times and later. Still, the process of innovation and the many avenues of exploration required before success is achieved can desensitize those who witness it. Since 2001, the United States and its allies have employed a host of unmanned or remote-operated 'robotized' devices to support military operations both on the ground and in the air. The proliferation of this technology tends to lessen our recognition of its potential to dramatically change the character of warfare. Although much of the world's current experience with ground robots is directly related to the clearing of mines and IEDs [improvised explosive devices], it is not unreasonable to expect that within the lifetimes of current flesh-and-blood soldiers the world will witness the first use of mechanical 'soldiers.'"
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Doare, Ronan; Danet, Didier; Hanon, Jean-Paul . . .
2014-01
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Learning from Our Military History: The United States Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Potential for Operational Art and Thinking
From the Document: "This thesis began with a simple question: How was the US Army successful in OIF [Operation Iraqi Freedom]? As a US Army officer with two tours in OIF, I had difficulty understanding the change that occurred beginning in 2007 as a product of combat operations. Some tactical organizations, companies included, learned and adapted, whereas others accomplished little and made the environment worse. The interviews conducted as part of the Scholar's Program and personal reflections confirmed that a deeper and more historical understanding is required. I concluded that OIF demonstrated the need for operational art and thinking, particularly in commanders of relatively junior rank. Struggling to write this thesis, I noticed my copies of the US Army's Green Book Series on the history of World War II. Clearly, OIF lacks such an effort. After all the effort expended in Iraq, we may ultimately fail in crafting our own military history in OIF in breadth and depth. This thesis offers an explanation on how we learned and adapted in OIF, not for the purposes of a definitive military history, but only as an intellectual way point that may lead us to useful military history for the future of the Army."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press; U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; Army University Press (U.S.)
Kaufman, Aaron J.
2013
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Military Review, The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [May-June 2013]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." This May-June 2013 edition includes the following articles: "The Imaginary Army Ethic: A Call for Articulating a Real Foundation for our Profession"; "Improving the Leader Development Experience in Army Units"; "Professionalism and the Officer Personnel Management System"; "Early Mistakes with Security Forces Advisory Teams in Afghanistan"; "To Make Army PME [professional military education] Distance Learning Work, Make It Social"; "The Non-neutrality of Technology: Pitfalls of Network-Enabled Operations"; "The Human Shield in Islamic Jurisprudence"; "Purpose in Mission Design: Understanding the Four Kinds of Operational Approach"; and "Alternate Perspectives: Trying to Think from the Other Side of the Hi".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2013
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [January-February 2013]
Military Review is published by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. The following titles appear in this edition: "Empirically Based Leadership: Integrating the Science of Psychology in Building a Better Leadership Model"; "Building the New Culture of Training"; "Meritocracy in the Profession of Arms"; "Security Cooperation in Support of Theater Strategy"; "Seizing the Initiative by Establishing the Rule of Law During Combat Operations"; "Army Doctrine Publication 3-0: An Opportunity to Meet the Challenges of the Future"; "'America's Army-Our Profession"'; "Education for Critical Thinking"; "Narcissism and Toxic Leaders"; "Discerning the Role of the Narrative in Strategy Development"; "INSIGHT: Center for Army Leadership Response to 'Empirically Based Leadership'".
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2013
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [July-August 2013]
The following feature articles are included in this issue of Military Review: "The Future Army: Preparation and Readiness"; "Trafficking Terror through Tajikistan"; "The CTC [Combat Training Centers] Program: Leading the March into the Future"; "Turkey's Role in Afghanistan and Afghan Stabilization"; "Sowing Dragon's Teeth: OSS [Office of Strategic Services] Operational Groups of World War II"; "Joint Operational Access and the Global Response Force: Redefining Readiness"; "The Engaged Leader Paradigm: The Community Health Promotion Council as the Key to Family and Soldier Readiness"; "Design and Operational Art: A Practical Approach to Teaching the Army Design Methodology"; "A More Flexible Army and a More Stable World"; "Women: The Combat Multiplier of Asymmetric Warfare."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2013
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [September-October 2013]
This September-October 2013 issue of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center's "Military Review" contains the following articles: "Trust Erosion and Identity Corrosion"; "Fighting Alone: The Challenge of Shrinking Social Capital and the Army Profession"; "Defeating Future Hybrid Threats: The Greatest Challenge to the Army Profession of 2020 and Beyond"; "Character Development of U.S. Army Leaders: The Laissez- Faire Approach"; "The Trust Lapse: How Our Profession's Bedrock is Being Undermined"; "Uninformed, not Uniformed? The Apolitical Myth"; "The Myths We Soldiers Tell Ourselves (and the Harm These Myths Do)"; "The Greatest Threat Facing the Army Profession'; "Trust: Implications for the Army Profession"; and "Remembering Vietnam."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2013
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Nothing is Simple in Afghanistan: The Principles of Sustainment and Logistics in Alexander's Shadow
"In 329 B.C., Alexander the Great led his Macedonian army east from Persia, along the Helmand River, through Herat, Kandahar, and Kabul before crossing the Hindu Kush mountain range with approximately 100,000 troops and followers. After more than 2,300 years, the most modern militaries on earth struggle to sustain their forces in the same lands. Alexander's execution of his Bactrian Campaign in what is now Afghanistan exemplifies why modern military historians consider the Macedonian king both a great tactician and a genius in military logistics. This article examines why supply distribution in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan is so difficult. U.S. Army Field Manual 4-0, Sustainment, contains the U.S. Army's sustainment principles for maintaining combat power, enabling strategic and operational reach, and providing Army forces with endurance. The principles are integration, anticipation, responsiveness, simplicity, economy, survivability, continuity, and improvisation. This article will consider the logistics distribution challenges posed to the International Security and Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan through the lens of these principles. It will be beneficial to first consider how a distribution framework should look in a frictionless theater. The U.S. Army's doctrine for sustainment and its sustainment brigade will best serve this task."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Betson, Andrew P.
2012-09
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [September-October 2012]
"'Military Review' is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. 'Military Review' also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." Articles featured in this issue include: "Just War Theory and Democratization by Force: Two Incompatible Agendas" by Cora Sol Goldstein; "In Search of the Good War: Just War and 'Realpolitik' in Our Time" by Thomas W. McShane; "Harnessing Initiative and Innovation: A Process for Mission Command" by Chip Daniels, Mark Huhtanen, and John Poole; "Customary Law and Its Challenges to Afghan Statehood" by Kathleen Reedy, and "What Comes Next? An Argument for Irregular War in National Defense" by Phil W. Reynolds, "An Asset Out of You and Me: Communicating What it Truly Means to be a Soldier" by Lawrence J. Morris; "Nothing is Simple in Afghanistan: The Principles of Sustainment and Logistics in Alexander's Shadow" by Anderw P. Betson; "Transnational Criminal Organizations: Mexico's Commercial Insurgency" by Christopher Martinez; "CGSC [U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]: Developing Leaders to Adapt and Dominate for the Army of Today and Tomorrow" by Gordon B. Davis, Jr., and James B. Martin; "Developing an Effective Command Philosophy" by Harry C. Garner; and "The Next Time We Reinvent Someone Else's Country..." by Michael W. Symanski.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2012-09
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Steering America's Warship Toward Moral Communication (and Real Success) in the 21st Century
"When they analyze the 'Arab Spring' or 'Arab Awakening,' future historians will probably stress the crucial role information technology played in fanning its flames. Thanks to news outlets like Al Jazeera and social media such as Facebook, YouTube, and SMS [Short Message Service] networks, the gap between the dictatorships' propaganda and reality has been relentlessly exposed. Although they tried, Arab autocrats have been unable to plausibly deny the scale of the demonstrations against them. Even more damaging to their regimes, they have been unable to suppress videos of the passionate protests. And when they ordered brutal security crackdowns, they have been unable to hide the graphic images and sounds of oppression, the crack of gunfire, the visible fear of civilians, the cries of the wounded, and the disturbing sight of bloody corpses. It may be counterintuitive, but more often than not, the databyte is proving mightier than the tank. How can this be? The answer is simple: armed conflict is more a matter of mind (perceptions and judgment) than weapons."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Pryer, Douglas A.
2012
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [July-August 2012]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." Some of the articles included in this issue are: "An Army Outgunned: Physics Demands a New Basic Combat Weapon" by Joseph P. Avery; "Cultural Training for Military Personnel: Revisiting the Vietnam Era" by Allison Abbe and Melissa Gouge; "A Strategic-Level Intelligence Advisor's Lessons Learned" by Welton Chang; and "Turkey and the Arab Spring" by Karen Kaya.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2012
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Establishing a Lessons Learned Program
"This handbook provides leaders and members of an organization with a 'how-to' guide for establishing a lessons learned (LL) capability. It promises to detail what the LL process is and how to apply all the available tools to establish your own LL program. Different organizations in the LL community vary terms that are not necessarily consistent. This handbook attempts to simplify and explain these terms to satisfy the development of a generic LL capability. In developing this LL handbook, the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) drew from the experience and techniques used by the Army, Marines, Air Force, NATO, and other U.S. government agencies. It examined the processes in place to collect, analyze, disseminate, and archive observations, insights, lessons, and best practices and distilled them down to a simplified list of functions any organization could choose from to establish an effective program that fits its level of resourcing. The goal of this handbook is to provide a one-source document that anyone can use to understand how a basic program is achieved to improve organizational effectiveness."
Center for Army Lessons Learned (U.S.); U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Solon, Jenny
2011-06
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Death from Above: UAVs and Losing Hearts and Minds
"Today, UAV [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle] use is being hyped as 'the future of war,' the 'only good thing to come out of the war on terrorism,' and an effective and highly discriminate counterterrorism and counterinsurgency weapon. No one doubts that robots will eventually occupy a central role in the U.S. military. Surviving aspects of the Army's now-defunct Future Combat Systems modernization effort (now the Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization Program) call for a host of unmanned vehicles and combat drones. As P.W. Singer has shown in Wired for War, such modernization entails unprecedented changes in perspective. However, that UAVs are more cost effective in lives and money and the sunny view that they will someday take our soldiers entirely out of harm's way are now appearing to be questionable propositions. The extraordinary hype these weapons still garner as the 'greatest, weirdest, coolest, hardware in the American arsenal' is beginning to look like unexamined haste."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Sluka, Jeffrey A.
2011-05
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [March-April 2011]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." Some of the articles included in this issue are: "The Coming Test of U.S. Credibility" by Amitai Etzioni; "Rebuilding Afghanistan's National Security Forces: Fighting Asymmetry with Symmetry" by Michael R. Boera; "Mexico: Failing State or Emerging Democracy?" by Juan P. Nava; "Beyond Reconciliation: Developing Faith, Hope, Trust, and Unity in Iraq" by Nathan Minami.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2011
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Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [May-June 2011]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Some of the articles included in this issue are: "The Year 2012: South Korea's Resumption of Wartime
Operational Control" by James M. Minnich; "Maintaining the Combat Edge; Preparing Soldiers to Help Foreign Partners Meet 21st Century Challenges" by Edward P. Donnelly; "The Afghan Balance of Power and the Culture of Jihad" by John J. Malevich; "Death from Above: UAVs and Losing Hearts and Minds" by Jeffery A. Sluka.
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2011
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How Emotional Intelligence Can Make a Difference
"In October 2006, the Army's revised leadership doctrine became official with the publication of Field Manual (FM) 6-22. The new leadership framework introduced by FM 6-22 highlighted 12 leader attributes and 8 leader competencies: what the leader needs to 'Be, Know, and Do.' Listed within the leadership attributes is the leader behavior 'Resilience.' FM 6-22 says, 'Resilient leaders can recover quickly from setbacks, shock, injuries, adversity, and stress while maintaining their mission and organizational focus. Their resilience rests on will, the inner drive that compels them to keep going, even when exhausted, hungry, afraid, cold, and wet. Resilience helps leaders and their organizations to carry difficult missions to their conclusion.' This reference was the first recognition of the importance of resilience in Army leadership doctrine. Unfortunately, the four short paragraphs in FM 6-22 only look at one aspect of resilience, that of leaders in combat. Fortunately, the Army has recognized the need for resiliency beyond the battlefield--and not just for soldiers, but for all members of the Army family. The necessity for strengthening this vital behavior has become more significant because of the stress on the force of more than nine years of war. The Casey and Cardon quotations above illustrate the increased importance Army leadership has placed on soldier resiliency and the major steps taken towards helping not just leaders but all members of the Army family to attain greater levels of resiliency. The key element of this increased recognition and intent to build resiliency in the force is the introduction of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) initiative."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Sewell, Gerald F.
2011
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Disaster Response Staff Officer's Handbook: Observations, Insights, and Lessons
"Natural and man-made disasters in the United States cause pain and heartbreak to our fellow citizens. Picking up the pieces of shattered lives and homes is devastating, even to the stoutest among us. While the military cannot repair the emotional damage, it can mitigate the effects of tornados, earthquakes, floods, wildland fires, oil spills, and terrorist attacks. U.S. military response in the homeland provides overwhelmed first responders with the help they need after a major incident. Our ability to act quickly and effectively in response to fastmoving, deadly situations offers tremendous support to our fellow citizens. Civilian officials also know this assistance is short term; local and state leaders bear the responsibility of restoring their communities and cannot become dependent on the resources of the military. The support offered by the National Guard, followed by active duty units, provides a cushion for civilian leaders. You, the staff officer, will bear the responsibility of mobilizing a unit--on very short notice-- into an area struck by disaster. You will have to work through the reception, staging, onward movement, and integration of your unit into a larger command structure; link into an incident command system with marginal communications in an austere environment; and synchronize your operations with a plethora of nongovernmental and governmental organizations at the local, state, and federal levels. Then you will execute your missions according to the laws of our country while maintaining personnel and equipment accountability. Defense support to civil authorities is complex and impacted by myriad statutes, regulations, and presidential orders."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2010-12
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U.S. Army Approach to Security Force Assistance
"As the U.S. military looks ahead to the first half of the 21st century, several global trends--globalization, technology availability, population growth, urbanization, increased resource demands, climate change, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction--are shaping the international security environment. They place increasing stresses on governments to satisfy their citizens' legitimate expectations, including meeting their basic needs, receiving fair and impartial justice, and attaining increased prosperity and opportunities for themselves and their progeny. Governments unable to satisfy these aspirations risk losing their ability to govern. This loss creates opportunities for extremist groups to export terror and violence on behalf of radical ideologies. Ultimately, it becomes a setting for persistent conflict."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Torrey, Bill; Redmond, Mike; Donnelly, Edward P.
2010-11
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Foreign Disaster Response: Joint Task Force-Haiti Observations
"The devastation in Haiti caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on 12 January 2010 prompted the longest and largest U.S. military effort in a foreign disaster relief operation. The earthquake destroyed vast areas of Port-au-Prince, the nation's capital, as well as a number of communities to the west of the capital, killing an estimated 230,000 persons and leaving thousands trapped in the wreckage and over two million without shelter. At the peak of Operation Unified Response, 1 February 2010, Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-H) consisted of over 22,000 service members, 58 aircraft, and 23 ships. With the stand-down of JTF-H on 1 June, Operation Unified Response lasted nearly five months. This article contains our initial observations and recommendations to after action reviews and lessons that our military and interagency community should learn from as we prepare for the next foreign disaster."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Elledge, Matthew G.; Keen, P.K. (Ken); Nolan, Charles W.
2010-11
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Case Study: Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines
"In 2001, Special Operations Command Pacific formed Joint Special Operations Task Force-510 to lead operations in the southern Philippines Islands of Mindanao and Basilan. The broad purpose was to assist the government of the Philippines by increasing the capacity of the Philippine armed forces in the south to deal with an outlaw Islamic terrorist group, Al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, or the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), thereby to increase the stability of an important regional ally, as well as contribute to what became the global war on terrorism. The problem posed was one requiring the conceptual apparatus of design thinking, even though it anticipated formalization of design doctrine (FM 5-0) by a number of years. The experience also illustrates application of the historical principles of counterinsurgency listed in FM 3-24."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Swain, Richard M.
2010-10
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Mitigation of Terrorist Effects on Victims' Motivation
This edition of Colloquium, published by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, discusses the Maslow model of motivational theory as a mechanism for understanding the basis of this fear and instability. "Leaders at all levels can look to the basic theory of human motivational needs for a framework to understand the fear and despair among the general population as a consequence of terrorism that makes the general population the real victims. National level policy makers, in addition to local public leaders, can capitalize on the same theory to provide a framework for implementing a strategy to deal with and mitigate these fears which result from terrorism."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
DeMaggio, John M.
2010-08
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Warfare by Internet, the Logic of Strategic Deterrence, Defense and Attack
"Adversaries threatening our national security in the modern era will be hostile states, violent extremists, and even criminal syn¬dicates. What fundamental principles should guide our security policies in meeting these threats in the cyberelectromagnetic dimension of global con¬flict? What strategic logic of deterrence, defense, and attack should guide the military doctrines of advanced industrialized nations like the United States and its allies? Would such logic be similar to that of warfare in general, or is it counterintuitive in some important ways? The purpose of this article is to explore possible answers to these kinds of questions by engaging in an excavation of the conditions in which vital information infrastructures of modern industrial states are at stake."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Czege, Huba Wass de
2010-07
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Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), October 2001-September 2005
From the Document: "As the sun rose on the morning of 11 September 2001, the United States (US) was at peace. American Soldiers across the country and in a number of nations across the globe woke up that day planning to conduct routine operations and training. A relatively small number of US Army units were deployed in the Balkans and the Sinai desert on peacekeeping missions. But, for most Soldiers, the day promised to be much like any other. For the Army, as well as the entire American nation, the peaceful nature of that day was shattered when just after 0900 a United Airlines jet filled with passengers plowed into the side of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Thirty minutes later, an American Airlines jet rammed into the South Tower. While the twin towers burned, a third airliner slammed into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and a fourth plane, possibly headed toward the US Capitol, dove straight into a field in Pennsylvania. By noon on that day, almost 3,000 people, most of whom were Americans, were dead."
Combat Studies Institute (U.S.) Press; U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Wright, Donald P.
2010-05
