Brim, Ricky J.; Klingel, Thomas D.; Perkins, David L.; Blevins, Lee
1. Thesis Statement. The 101st Airborne Infantry Division's defense of Bastogne during The Battle of the Bulge was the key to allied victory.
2. Discussion. Hitler's plans to capture Antwerp were not compatible with his military commanders,...
Frazier, Paul W.; Newby, Maura; Thomas, Don; Westergart, Chester
1. Thesis Statement: The U.S. opposes guerilla warfare against other countries, a policy that makes the U.S. vulnerable to those countries.
2. Discussion: The U.S. espouses the Laws of Land Warfare, follows the guidelines of the Geneva and Hague...
As a military super power among other nations in the world, we find ourselves defending our core values more so than our freedom as we look back on the Abu Ghraib Prison Incident. The abuse of detainees while in our custody has influenced our...
Careerism is a poison which chronically impairs accomplishment of the United States Air Force mission by impairing full actualization of the potential within our human resources. Specifically, careerism is defined in the Encarta Dictionary as, "the...
Desde el año 2001 hasta el presente se han asignado los artículos en nuestro índice anual a la materia o materias más adecuadas sin vincularlos con la materia o materias de los años anteriores. Debido al hecho de que aun no hemos actualizado...
Determining an appropriate level of punishment for the accidental weapon's discharge is one of the most challenging ethical problems facing the combat leader. While spending almost twelve months deployed as a member of the 1st Armored Division...
Engineer NCOs have played important roles throughout the Army’s history. This was evident during the World Wars of the Twentieth Century. Many engineers distinguished themselves during these conflicts. Some of these NCOs were recognized for their...
Ethical dilemmas challenge the United States Army and its Soldiers daily due to today’s current world situation. Often Soldiers identify the challenges and solve the problem instantly without applying the ethical reasoning process defined in FM...
Ethics are based both on individual beliefs and social concepts. They vary from person to person, from situation to situation and from culture to culture. Society often relies on the law of the land to curb or alter our beliefs and ethical...
Ethics are principles we follow that lead us to do the right thing. Ethical leaders do the right things for the right reasons, even when no one is watching. Doing the right thing is not always easy, but to fulfill your duty, maintain your integrity...
Ethics is nothing more than looking at a problem; determine ifits wrong, and then making the right decision based on our values. So what is the right thing to do in an ethical situation? We all posses our own set ofethics so does that mean we are...
Ethics, when applied, are a great tool for the Army leader to use when making a decision. Leaders need a 'baseline of truth' in order to reason through a problem. The Army Values are a general guide for all Soldiers to use when making a decision....
For the ancient Greeks, the word 'ethics' meant "character." For Aristotle, the study of ethics was the study of excellence or the virtues of character. It has come to mean the study and practice of the "good life," the kind of life people should...
I am going to address an ethical problem facing the Army today. The Army has seven values by which it governs itself. The biggest ethical problem I see concerns the value, "Integrity." I suspect that the value of integrity, being subjective in...
I believe that the biggest problem facing today's young leader is ethics. Young leaders today don't know if they should be following the leadership of ethics or the ethics of leadership. Personally, I believe that ethics come in degrees or shades....
I believe the Army will face an ethical dilemma in the next war; the dilemma will be increased media access or limit its access. Media access changed from the Gulf War in 1991 where the access to Soldiers was very limited to unheard of access for...
In every war the military faces many challenges and one of these challenges is doing the right thing from an ethical point of view. In Iraq these ethical challenges manifested themselves in many ways such as prisoner treatment, protection of...
MAJ Jorge Dolmo served as the ammunition planner for US Army Central Command (ARCENT) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this August 2010 interview, MAJ Dolmo...
Military leaders cannot avoid making ethical decisions. While this is not controversial, selecting the best method to resolve the ethical problems that confront military leaders sometimes can be. This controversy is more difficult to resolve...
Dunn, Chrisp; Green, William; Alami, Osama; McNeimey, John; Smith, Eric
Most National Security Strategies are short lived. In the past, they focused mainly on the nuclear non-conventional threat of world superpowers and overlooked the new threat that was emerging just beneath the surface. The United States failed to...