Army Leaders

Senior Army leaders have a tough job in today’s volatile world. With the War on Terror stretching military strength to the limit, the role of the Army leader has become increasingly vital to unit cohesion and mission accomplishment.

Long deployments and stressful pre-deployment training operations can quickly diminish the effectiveness of a unit if that unit doesn’t have strong leaders guiding them and encouraging them every step of the way.

Definition of army leadership

Army military leadership doctrine defines leadership as the process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. While purpose and direction have become clear in the War on Terror, motivation sometimes waivers.

The job of an Army Leader

The job of the Army leader is to find new ways to keep their soldiers motivated and to inspire their soldiers to put unit welfare before individual warfare even in the most demanding situations. Great Army leaders recognize the capabilities and limitations of their soldiers and their assets. They do their best to ensure that the extent of their missions do not exceed their limitations.

Extending the capabilities

When soldiers are pushed beyond their individual limitations due to mission critical requirements, it’s the Army leader’s job to use the unit as a whole to extend the capabilities of the individual. While this isn’t easy to do, Army leaders receive extensive training to excel in these situations.

Two Army Leaders as an example

Two of the senior Army leaders forging the way for today’s soldiers are The U. S. Army Chief of Staff, General George W. Casey, Jr. and The Sergeant Major of the Army, Sergeant Major Kenneth O. Preston. Combined, these soldiers provide outstanding leadership examples for all Army leaders to emulate.

They have proven their own leadership abilities in garrison and in combat and they continue to use their experiences to evolve Army leadership training doctrine to best accommodate the demands of the 21st Century Soldier.

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