Security force assistance operations: defining the advise and assist brigade. COL Philip Battaglia, U.S. Army, and LT COL Curtis Taylor, U.S. Army; In security force assistance operations, the only real way to measure success is by the quality of...
As the Army continues to evolve in the 21st century, we, as senior non-commissioned officers will continue to be the role models for future generations of soldiers to come. Our ethics and moral values will become that of future generations. But...
Soldiers must provide medical care to a civilian who receive wounds on the battlefield even if it endangers the Soldier himself. This philosophy of Soldiers protecting civilians goes all the way back to the Civil War days, when Dr. Mary Walker not...
This paper’s objective is to determine if Veterans of the United States are receiving enough benefits to assist them after their career in the military, and for some, after their deployments.
Because of changes in the world, changes in the enemy,...
I will describe my observations of the physical profiling system and the ethical issues with this system used in the U.S. Army today. I will provide some background information on some of the critical components to include the purpose of the...
Soldiers caught in an ethical dilemma on how to find ways to fight terrorist. Fighting terrorist we are held accountable to a different sets of standards than the enemy. We faced with an enemy that has no face or country. We are fighting the enemy...
The present turmoil in Afghanistan has not happened in a vacuum—it is a result of many factors, which have brought us to the situation as we see it today. It is important to mention that every governmental, political, societal, historical, and,...
As an Army at war, focus needs to be on how we as an Army close on the enemy and either kill or destroy them to a point that they can no long bring harm to coalition forces. Soldiers at all levels have been witness to Soldiers giving their lives...
Ethics are probably one of the most debated subjects in our world today. For that matter ethics have always been debated. The word ethics is derived from the Greek word ethos. Defined ethics is the study of morals, values and customs of a group...
When a Soldier receives an award, the Soldier should feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. It is a leader’s responsibility to ensure that all awards are recommended and awarded for the correct reason. When the ethical awards process is not...