I was sitting in another routine meeting. My commander sat at the head of the table, quietly absorbing the brief and jotting down the occasional note. Because I already knew …
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“Who the f*** are you?” Surprised and a little taken aback, I calmly explained to my future Warrant Officer that I was the incoming PL and had been assigned as …
The Army loves its aphorisms. You’ve definitely heard “hurry up and wait,” or “slow is smooth, smooth is fast.” These phrases are the connective tissue …
While many believe that physical training is the most important event the Army does every day, I actually believe that developing future leaders is the most important event we do …
To succeed as a junior officer, mastering the basics of soldiering is crucial. You must excel at the tasks you expect from your team to lead effectively. This fundamental principle …
At the 2025 Mission Command Conference at West Point, General Christopher Cavoli, USEUCOM commander and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe at the time, spoke to …
Junior officers take on a number of roles when leading Soldiers: disciplinarian, teacher, mentor, and career counselor, to name a few. Most don’t realize that immigration-related questions can also …
The complexity of modern multi-domain operations presents unique challenges on today’s battlefield. While the integration of AI and next-generation command and control raise difficult ethical …
Leadership is an art, not a formula. The same action can be exactly right in one context and catastrophically wrong in another. Understanding the difference is what separates good leaders …
As a battalion S-3, I kicked people out of my office at 4:55 p.m. If someone needed to stay after 5:00 p.m., that required my approval. I used that rule …