Brandon Stewart
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In the words of one NCOs I worked with, “officers will always be shown respect simply because of the rank........"
November 2021 Leaders! As we enter the month of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to take a moment to reflect and express gratitude for the positive things in your life. …

"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look" -Marcus Aurelius

I was a young Specialist standing guard in a small platoon outpost in Al-Karmah, Iraq in 2007 when time stopped. Dust particles froze mid-drift through the air.....
Three Principles of Performance that Breed Success for Junior Officers: Figure Stuff Out (FSO): see the problem, understand the problem, and identify a solution; Make …

The US Army is a bureaucracy. And to most bureaucracies, “success” means cohesively rowing in unison – controlling variables at the individual level to create strategic cadence at scale.....
When my platoon leader over the platoon net called me saying "hey FDO we're having some beverages over by my Humvee." I kind of picked up what he was putting …
A member of a 6-Soldier Team is preparing for a deployment. There's a lot of training to be done in very little time. You are told to meet at a …
