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 …
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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; …