This case study summarizes the breakdown in discipline and moral leadership within a platoon, during their deployment in Yusufiyah, Iraq from the book Black Hearts: …
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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 …
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This Listen2Lead features a NPR podcast on microaggressions. This document contains the materials and guidance needed to conduct a 60-minute Leader Professional Development (LPD) session …
This Watch2Lead uses clips from the movie "Fury" to facilitate a discussion on cohesion and the potential negative outcomes that can result in cohesive units if weak leadership exists. This …
This Listen2lead uses an episode from the popular podcast Freakonomics Radio. "Failure is Your Friend" is an episode that includes three vignettes discussing how people …
This Watch2Lead uses a video lecture from Max Brookes (the author of The Harlem Hellfighters and the New York Times bestselling book and feature-length film with Brad Pitt World War …
This video case study uses excerpts from the movie Patton and the HBO series Band of Brothers to juxtapose two military leaders (General George S. Patton and Lieutenant Dick Winters) …
A Platoon Leader is leading his platoon during a company-level live-fire exercise. The rehearsals and day-training iterations go well, however, during the night iteration there's …
The company XO discovers that the monthly sensitive items inventory has come up short a few months in a row, however, his commander signs off on the inventories and sends …
This case study is provided to spark and support a professional conversation among officers and senior NCOs about when to streamline actions like procurement and purchasing, and when to go …
A medical officer (CPT) is in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It is Christmas Day and he and his Soldiers had just finished enjoying their holiday meal and prepping to bed down …
A lieutenant takes over as the new platoon leader for a platoon that has just returned from Iraq, at the height of the Iraq Surge. During that period, Soldiers were …
A PL and his platoon are conducting BDA as part of a QRF and they come upon two IED emplacers that have been engaged by friendly forces. The two emplacers …
The commander of a Quartermaster company is faced with one of his Soldiers having committed suicide. He wants to inform his company of the death but is unsure if he …
A PL's platoon is carrying out a difficult mortar registration mission which is exacerbated by poor communication and understanding by the company TOC. Once they arrive back at the TOC, …
The senior drill sergeant for a Basic Combat Training company observes another drill sergeant striking a trainee who is duct-taped to a chair. The drill sergeant says it is part …
A lieutenant and his platoon are conducting a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police (INP) when they stop a vehicle with two Sunni men in it. When the LT …
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