ATZQ-BDE-OA 5 Jan 15 MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, A/1-145th AVN REGT, Fort Rucker, AL 36362 SUBJECT: Army Profession of Arms White Paper Executive Summary 1. After nine years of war, the Army needs to refine their understanding of what it means to be professionals and to recommit to a culture of service and the responsibilities and behaviors of our profession. The Army Profession of Arms campaign was directed by the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army who directed GEN Martin E. Dempsey, CG TRADOC to lead a review of the Army Profession. The Army as a Profession of Arms is a vocation; professional Soldiers who have volunteered to become experts. This vocation pursues a balance in which effectiveness prevails over efficiency as the key to becoming a professional.
Military History reference books, Army historical publications and biographies of key players are included in the collection. (2) What types of sources are required for a thorough, balanced account of the fight? (Biographies, operational histories, battle journals, after-action reports, war diaries, etc.) First-hand accounts, combined with outside assessment from impartial third parties are important to understand the situation. (3) What are the comprehensive bibliographies on the subject, and where are they?
History of Psychological Assessment: Army Alpha Test Initially, there were two tests that were used to evaluate military recruits. Those tests were the Army Alpha and Beta Test. The Beta test was more focused on measuring native intellect and the testing of non-English speaking recruits. The focus of this paper is on the Army Alpha test; it’s historical roots and how the test has affected the development of psychological testing in the 21st century. In 1917, the need for psychological testing arose when the United States entered into World War I.
Jessica Stevens Folklore Genres November 2011 Narratives of Ooh-Rah! A Personal Narrative Survey of United States Marines in Recent Conflicts The Veterans Oral History Project is a federally sponsored program that was enacted by the United States Congress in October of 2000 for the explicit purpose of documenting the personal histories and testimonials of American war veterans. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress was recognized as having the necessary expertise to develop and establish an oral history program of this scale and nature. Though the collection consists primarily of audio and video recorded interviews of veterans, various accompanying items are accepted as long as they are considered to have a ‘narrative’ quality; such as memoirs, photographs, drawings, correspondence materials like letters, email, journals, and postcards. In addition to collecting personal accounts, the American Folklife Center is responsible for preserving the collection and making the collection accessible to the public.
In accordance to the Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms (08 December 2013), The Profession of Arms is “a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power, serving under civilian authority, entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people.” The HR professional as a member of the Army abides by this concept, but as a member of the Army’s Force Sustainment Division (FSD) there is the aggregate responsibility of making sure that all other members of the Army are free of distractions and/or worries on their daily activities, so that they can focus full time on achieving those requirements needed to defend our country. This takes us to the second question of defining what a professional is. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a professional is “characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a
Examples that support the relevance and influence of Parker’s principles during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) are the rapid acquisition of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model and troop surges in both conflicts. During the early phases of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S Forces entered combat operations using Vietnam and Cold War era equipment that proved to be insufficient in the operational environment. To overcome these equipment shortfalls, our national industrial base used advanced technology and research to develop and manufacture new vehicles, uniforms, and weaponry to increase our combat effectiveness. For instance, when coalition forces experienced a significant increase in casualties and deaths as a result of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), the Department of Defense (DOD) called upon America’s industrial base to develop and manufacture the MRAP. The reaction was overwhelming and resulted in
Answer: Effective training requires the personal time, energy, and guidance of commanders. Page 1 / 29 © Copyright 1999-2011 ArmyStudyGuide.com Version 5.3 Topic:Battle Focused Training Question #4: What is the Army training standard? Answer: The standard for the Army is to train and maintain to the published standards in Technical Manuals (TMs) -10 and -20. Topic:Battle Focused Training Question #5: When does the greatest combat power result? Answer: The greatest combat power results when leaders synchronize combat support (CS) and combat service support (CSS) systems to compliment and reinforce one another.
How Professional Knowledge and Abilities Affect Career Success Edward Muna GEN 200 August 15, 2011 Heather Todd In a person’s career, the development of their professional knowledge and their abilities are important to be successful. Knowledge and abilities are gain through separate entities outside the organization. This paper will explain the Army’s Non-Commission Officer Education System and the levels offered through its Non-Commissioned Officers Academy, what each NCOES school offers, and how knowledge and abilities gained will affect a person’s career success. It will give a general understanding of the Army’s enlisted structure and the importance of the NCOES. Professional Organization The Army and its Non-Commissioned Officer Education System (NCOES) provides the Army’s leaders continuing professional knowledge through a solid foundation to build the skills needed to lead and train the Army of the future.
The study was planned and carried out as a descriptive and cross-sectional study. There 600 experienced and 87 newly graduated nurses in a military hospital. The researchers used a data collection form to report characteristics and their views on the causes and reporting of medication errors. They applied this existing theory to this new situation in order to determine generalizability to different subjects, age groups, races, locations, cultures or any such variables. The researchers obtained a written approval from the ethical committee of the military education and research hospital and got approval from the nursing department as well.
Leadership/Command Philosophy and Interview Paper By Capt Lewis T. Griffin Applied Leadership and Command Section 176 06 September 2013 Air Command and Staff College Distance Learning Maxwell AFB, AL As a commander, it is exceedingly important to develop a leadership philosophy. This philosophy should differ from the unit’s mission statement. Where a mission statement articulates the overall purpose and objectives of the unit as a whole, a commander’s leadership philosophy serves more of a focus for the individuals within the unit. As stated by Col J. William Demarco, “it lets people know what you expect, what you value, and how you will act.”1 He goes on to say that “a well defined philosophy will act like a compass, keeping the commander on course.”2 Using this definition as a framework, I must use both my personality and the sum of my experiences both in life an in the military to put my own leadership philosophy into words. From there, I’ll describe a situation that presented the challenge of changing the culture of the personnel of a graduated squadron commander I had the honor of interviewing.