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Commissioned Officers in the United States Army SPC Tannar W. Pope The United States Army is one of the most powerful militaries on the planet. It has been said that Non-Commissioned Officers are the backbone of the United States Army. Respect for the non-commissioned officers is integral for any Army mission. Respect is an Army value and as such, should influence a soldier’s actions daily. Throughout this paper I will first define and describe respect in the United States Army, then outline the role

to do, lay down their own life for something bigger. This job will allow me to have a real purpose in life and yet may be dangerous but never boring. When making the choice for my career, college was not in my future. I plan to enlist in the United States Army and become an airborne combat engineer. A combat engineer has many duties involved with the job. For starters the engineer is a builder and a destructor. Building things such as fighting positions, fixed/floating bridges, obstacles, and defensive

well-disciplined military, some authorities have cited a degrading level of discipline in the U.S. armed forces in general and in the U.S. Army in particular. This paper examines the relevant literature to determine if this is the case, and provides a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion. Degradation of Discipline in the United States Army History is replete with examples of where discipline was used as a combat multiplier or where its absence spelled disaster and defeat

Assessment can be addressed we must first briefly discuss Risk Management (RM), the framework of which is where risk assessment resides for the United States Army. The Army uses RM to ensure mission accomplishment in current as well as future operations and applies to operations and non-operational activities (Department of the Army [ATP 5-19], 2014, p. 1-1). The Army process of RM utilizes five steps as part of its holistic approach to mitigate risks, but because this paper’s focus in on the Risk Assessment

lifestyle. However, I would have to say that is not what happened for me. The career I had chosen was not something that I loved doing. It was something that allowed me to be able to provide for my son. My career at this moment is working in the United States Army, as a logistic specialist. I have been within

Not Just on Sunday In the many years I have been working; in high school, a soldier in the United States Army, factory work along side of my father, and in law enforcement, I have experienced many leaders or bosses who were products of what they were taught or not taught. Those skills they adopted along the way, they imparted them to lead people. Maybe, in their hearts, these leaders had theological beliefs and principles they learned and practiced Sunday or their own Sabbath, “Remember the Sabbath

important traits used by noncommissioned officers, officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel. The Army relies on Non-Commission Officers to be able to prepare, and perform no matter what the situation is. NCOs are the backbone of the army and in order to be able to lead we must be able to gain trust, loyalty, communication, and personal courage. NCO's are the backbone of the Us Army dedicating time, effort, mentorship to future leaders. I believe all soldiers are entitled to outstanding

In his “Welcome to the Seminar” reading, Thomas Galvin listed eight competencies that graduates of the US Army War College should possess. He highlighted them as a “way of helping students visualize the end state of this journey – being a senior leader.”1 Galvin further divided the eight competencies into persistent and mission specific. Persistent, meaning traits for everyday life and mission specific, meaning only for certain situations. Galvin lists the four mission specific traits as Strategic

years. For this reason, young professionals are usually relegated to junior positions. Of the adversities that I have faced in my four years as a musician in the United States Army, age was one of the most difficult to overcome. Joining the United States Army Band Field directly from high school placed me into the bottom 10% of all Army Musicians- a majority of musicians have an undergraduate degree, with the next biggest population have some form of graduate degree. When I arrived at my band, I

which is why I enlisted in the United States Military. All my life I took everything for granted, my parents and friends, coasting my way through school, and when senior year came around I wasn’t sure what I was going to do after high school. After talking it out with a few buddies that said they were joining the military and I weighed the pros and cons of it. Months later on the date of May 20th, 2015. I swore in to join the United States Army. The rode to joining the Army was not as smooth as expected