“The Mission, The Men, and Me” by Pete Blaber and “The Heart and the Fist” by Eric Greitens.  Reason for these recommendations is that sometimes pure “war” novels or business management books either skew perception or have left some of my junior officers confused between management expectations…these books seem to blend the warrior mentality…[Read more]

When we are talking Guard, I think the big issue is what the formations are within your state.  We have an IBCT, and other DRUs are a Troop Command, Regional Support Group, and then some smaller training type units.  Guys that branch MP, for instance, have almost nowhere to go after captain, where if you are combat arms you have almost unlimited p…[Read more]

Hello Joe,

As a former HHC Commander, I appreciate your focus on competence and leadership.  As a maintenance company it is significant that your Soldiers become the SME of their trade. This does not exclude becoming a leader and I agree with your philosophy that every Soldier is a leader and should strive to become better.

How do you continue…[Read more]

Howdy, I’m Patrick Moore, and I have been involved in the forums since late 2009. I’ve been interested in like-minded communities of practice for a while, and used to be pretty active at ArmyOCS.Com, however I saw an email in 2009 that asked for participation at Platoon Leader and the rest is history.
I’m YG07, Infantry turned 57A (Modeling and…[Read more]

Howdy, I’m Patrick Moore, and I have been involved in the forums since late 2009. I’ve been interested in like-minded communities of practice for a while, and used to be pretty active at ArmyOCS.Com, however I saw an email in 2009 that asked for participation at Platoon Leader and the rest is history.
I’m YG07, Infantry turned 57A (Modeling and…[Read more]