Attending the United States Military Academy, to serve active duty as an Army Officer has always been a dream of mine. From sophomore year of high school, my research of our countries service academies began. Junior year came around and my journey started after seeing what I would gain through a service academy. Our nations military is in constant need of highly intelligent, talented individuals willing to lead and serve as commissioned officers. They give the leadership and guidance needed to successfully…
The final area requiring the highest level of army organizational leadership deals with the organizational structure and how the army provides oversight on leader development and talent management. Today, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) lead leader development efforts for the army and the Assistant Secretary of the Army leads talent management for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (Wenzel, 2015). These two separate offices work closely to ensure synchronization and implementation…
referenced events are of the brothers Wesley and William Culp. Wesley was a harness maker whose work ultimately brought him to reside in Virginia. In doing so he joined the Confederate Army as a part of General Stonewall Jackson’s 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment. His brother William stayed closer to home and enlisted in the Union Army as a member of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. They each fought on opposing sides during the Second Battle of Winchester (June 13-15 1863). Friends were among opposing sides as…