You had the challenge of maintaining good order and discipline while trying to keep everything at a minimum while your morals, values, and beliefs influenced the decision. The decision you make will affect all under and around you, it will be a...
You could say Ethics is nothing more than looking at a problem, determining if it's 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 of ethics so...
You could say Ethics is nothing more than looking at a problem, determine if it's 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 of ethics so does...
You and a close friend return to your unit from travel and while filling out travel claims you notice that your friend has claimed porter fees and cab fare that he didn't incur. When you ask him he tells you, "don't worry, they don't require...
Years of U.S. Army involvement in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have underscored the complexity of contemporary operating environments. This complexity within the current operating environment requires U.S. Army leaders not to make simple...
Years ago, the newly appointed General Counsel for USPACCOM described an ethical dilemma best when he said, “…it’s not about right vs. wrong; it’s about right vs. right, or wrong vs. wrong.” The essence is that of choosing the best right...
Written as a textbook for the General Service School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, this volume contains lectures on military government, American military government in Germany, and the four military governments in Mexico, one of which is a...
Writings and communications of General DePuy. In three parts, part I covers the pre-Tradoc years, 1954-1973, part II the Tradoc years 1974-77, and part III, retirement years, 1978-91. In the seventeen years between General DePuy's creation of...
Would you be inclined to follow a military leader who the Army has proven to be in violation, policy, or regulation because he/she violated military ethics? Non-commissioned officers struggle with military ethics while they support the command in...
World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the...
World War II U.S. Army corps commanders were the orchestrators of combat, the men responsible for coordinating the fighting power and tactical deployment of divisions. Twenty-two U.S. Army corps were actively engaged in combat operations during...
World War II saw the development of airborne operations and airborne warfare to the point where an airborne operation- that is, the forces and techniques of which it is composed and their use- could be looked upon as an additional weapons system of...
World War II laid the foundations for a ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US, with security being its primary purpose. Since the end of that war, the threat of Soviet expansion caused it to deepen. Time changed the balance of the...
World War II is an event in history when the Noncommissioned Officer made significant advances with contributions to the United States military's efforts. In this document I will present event leading up to the war and the conflict and the role of...
World War I was one of the bloodiest wars in human history. Mistakes that were made at that time in Europe and then later in the North Russian expedition by The United States Army and Allied forces could be avoided by studying the history, from the...
World War I represents the first time that the United States Army Medical Department successfully supported a mass army overseas. The system established served as a model for those used in subsequent wars. By studying the support for the American...
Scott Martin; Randall Fogg; John Welton; Kimberly Darrough; Dayron Vargas
World War I ranks high among disasters to have afflicted mankind. Within World War I, the Battle of Verdun was the longest and most costly in life (Livesey 66). However, even with the loss of 542,000 men, the Battle of Verdun was the turning point...
World War I marked significant changes to assigning and developing noncommissioned officers (NCOs). Let's look at the events leading up to the provision allowing NCOs to transfer between units and still retain their rank. Further, let's consider...