Due to increased deployments, the number of non-deployable Soldiers in today's Army is a problem in the course of determining who will stay, who will deploy, and the impact on the deploying unit. Soldiers deploy every day, some killed in action....
With the varied and seemingly endless demands created by the Global War on Terrorism
(GWOT) and the Army's transformation, leaders are selecting courses of action that bring their professional ethics into question due to shortages of personnel....
The term "Backbone of the Army" has been given to the U.S. Army Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) because of the structure that the NCO provides to the overall concept of the U.S. Army. In order to understand how the NCO was given such high...
This paper was prepared to discuss the ethical dilemmas of war. Examples of situations during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) will be utilized to discuss the role of combatants and noncombatants in war. The role that combatants play in relation to...
The Just War Theory comes from traditional Christian views, that the use of force, or violence, can be used to intervene to protect or even kill to protect the innocent. This controversial view directly effects today's justification of the use of...
American Soldiers continually display the highest ethical standards of any employees or members of any organization. Likewise, the United States Army develops and instills these ethics into their employees better than any other organization. We...
Even though it appears to the general public that the military does not abide by the Geneva Convention and it appears the military mistreats Prisoners of War (POWs), it is actually the media coverage and politics that has impacted our military...
The Justice Department is investigating civilian contractors involved in committing bribes with military contract officers. The outcome has determined that several military and civilian individuals accepted these bribes without conscience as a...
The face of the battlefield has changed since the original Hague and Geneva Conventions were ratified in 1949. The change of the battlefield mandates changes in our laws and rules of engagement. Discussed here are the foundations for the Law of...
Abstract: Because of the terrorist acts and their threats to use weapons of mass destruction, which they could get from countries that are not able to protect their nuclear technology and weapons. The world powers try to deny free access to the...
The Justice Department is investigating civilian contractors involved in committing bribes with military contract officers. The outcome has determined that several military and civilian individuals accepted these bribes without conscience as a...
This paper discusses the issue and the ethical implications of allowing commercial vendors’ access to our students in the various levels of the Non-Commissioned Officer Education (NCOES) System. We want our Soldier’s achievements recognized. We...
This paper I will give an example of poor ethical leadership that is prevalent thought the U.S. Army. Leaderships is something that is very subjective. There are all types of leadership and there are many different styles of leaders. It does not...
Assigned at the Human Resource Command (HRC) supporting Soldiers in the career management field mentally challenged my ethical decision-making process while assigning Soldiers worldwide. I dealt with the personal controversy of the HRC SGM feeling...
Maintaining an effective Army force of volunteers during a time of war is of critical interest to the military leadership. The ongoing Global War on Terrorism poses some of the most complex challenges to the mission of maintaining the force. These...
Considering all of the difficult decisions that a leader must make, it seems that making ethical choices in the management of resources would be rather simple. It would be hard to come up with a decision that we must make on a daily basis that...
This paper will relate my experiences in deploying Military Police Companies. It relates my experiences as a unit First Sergeant deploying the 212th MP Company. It also narrates my role as the S3 Sergeant Major in the 3D Military Police Battalion...
The purpose of this paper is to serve as a historical document pertaining to the events leading up to; during the execution of operations and after operations ceased for the 82nd Airborne Division in the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and...
This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...
For many years, the U.S. Army recognized the need to share information or lessons gained from training and actual combat operations. During World War II and the Korean War, the Army published “combat bulletins” in an attempt to share combat...