Galvin's Mission Specific Learning Objectives

Reflection Paper on Galvin’s “Mission Specific” Learning Objectives
Based on Case Study of Gen Colin Powell

The transformation of the post-cold war unipolar global environments in last decade or so could mainly be attributed to the threat of violent extremism and terrorism; which is conceptually old but has new found strategies and tactics. This in turn has brought about paradigm changes in the dynamics of warfare in terms of war preparations, force projection and deployment along with war fighting. The focus has shifted from classic conventional / set piece wars to sub conventional, irregular and hybrid forms of warfare, where a country or an alliance is forced to fight a group or an organization or even sometime force a regime change for the security and safety of the world at large. …show more content…
Thus the strategists both scholars and the practitioners look towards the senior military leadership for the strategic leadership and formulation or upgradation or amendments to the military theories. One such military leader who personally was engaged in battle, commanded and then led the country’s armed forces into the combat and who subsequently rose to be the secretary of the state is General Colin Powell.
This paper intends to evaluate the general’s contribution on the yardstick provided by Prof. Thomas P. Galvin and subsequently reflect upon my own self as to what have I accomplished so far and what I want to achieve in my military