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"This one time at Advanced Camp…" or how about, "So there I was…" Sound familiar? If you are anything like us, you enjoy hearing the occasional tale from those you …
Junior leaders across the Army have rich and deep experience participating in training events and in many cases designing, executing, and assessing them. This guide …
Property can be one of the biggest challenges a Company Grade officer faces on a daily basis....
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 …
On 13 October, Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy announced that "people" are the Army's top priority and that the force is working "to give junior leaders more time …
No officer worth their weight wants to admit it. Being anxious or afraid prior to your first deployment is something you aren't dealing with -- it is something someone else …
CJO Leadership Fellows Program Become a Leadership Fellow in the Center for Junior Officers Inspiring and developing junior officers through innovative approaches is at the …
You have spent your nascent years preparing for this big moment—the moment that is often characterized as "the crucible" or "the rite of passage." Your …
New perspectives on officership
Originally published on smallwarsjournal.org, I\’ve found this primer on the F3EAD process to be extremely helpful in understanding the targeting process for mission planning. It …
How do you, as a junior officer, ensure you get an MQ, not an HQ? The reality is there is no way to guarantee a particular block -- but there …
It's impossible to know, of course, but I have a hunch why. I was the Distinguished Guest Speaker, after all. Even though I was nominally junior to most of the …
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The true dichotomy that Myrer brings to life in Sam Damon and Courtney Massengale is not the "troops' commander" versus the "savvy staff officer", but …
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 …
I had to separate a soldier for a second drug failure very recently. It was hard because this was otherwise a good soldier. Motivated, positive and great at their job; …
In the past year I have worked with several senior military leaders who stated that the younger generation was making the Army weak and ineffective. Millennials and iGen must really …
How do I read more this year?" Many people you know have probably set a goal that encompasses this; maybe you even set a goal like this yourself. However, have …