Combatant commander

From a different perspective, becoming a fighter may seem an attractive possibility for children and adolescents who are facing poverty, starvation, unemployment, and ethnic or political persecution. In our interviews, former child soldiers and commanders alike reported that children are more malleable and adaptable. Thus, they are easier to indoctrinate, as their moral development is not yet completed and they tend…

It starts with a child. By the age of three, these young, bound-to-be soldiers, are being taught how to hold a gun by the tip of their fingers. It’s common amongst countries that hold poverty or places where war breaks out through every corner. This is an endless supply of children, fighting as if adults. They don’t know any better; they’re children. However, does this mean they should be given amnesty? Or has empathy taken over our hearts and manipulated our minds to think these children should…

assessing and mitigating risks to effectively confront a multitude of increasingly multifaceted security challenges. In the long run, a leaner, agile, adaptable, interoperable, and technologically sophisticated JF 2020 is necessary for the Combatant Commanders to…

with partners to gain interoperability and modernization of equipment. The Army will conduct future operations across geographic boundaries providing flexibility for the joint force to accomplish the mission. The disadvantage to this is multiple commanders operating in geographic proximity. A smaller force requires innovative ideas exploring robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, digital technology and modernization of equipment. Globally integrated operations integrate partners and organizations…

During the Victorian Era, classification of individuals was based on ethnography and physical appearance. If you were not perceived as being a European, then you belong to the so-called “other” group which mostly consisted of native people or people of colour. The concept of othering emerged, arguably, when Europeans came into direct contact with Indigenous people of North America. The visible difference in appearance and dialogue led to perceiving natives as being different. The language around…

hundreds of children, some as young as 9, on the front lines. While the number of conflicts involving child soldiers has dropped since 2004 from 27 to 15, human-rights experts estimate that more than 200,000 children worldwide are still being used as combatants, usually against their will. And it isn't just boys: Girls are often pressed into duty as cooks or messengers. Many are subjected to sexual abuse, including rape. The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, a human-rights group…

The Profession of Arms: The Importance of the Role of Human Resources Sergeant The Profession of Arms is a White Paper that was established to summarize what it means to be a Profession of Arms. The principles and topics outlined within this document are comparable to those within Field Manual (FM) 1-0, Human Resources Support. The Profession of Arms teaches us that the military profession provides security to society of which is cannot provide itself. A Human Resources Sergeant provides…

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) stems from a 1992 Department of Defense (DOD) desire to create and expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and…

The concept of the hero’s journey was developed by Joseph Campbell. The journey is made up of a series of stages the hero has to endure and complete. Ender’s Game, a science fiction novel by Scott Orson Card, is about an alien species called the buggers attacking Earth twice and almost destroying the human species. To make certain that the incident would never happen again the world government has started to breed military geniuses and train them in the arts of war. The early training takes the…

‘Children are often desired as recruits because they can be easily intimidated and indoctrinated. They lack the mental maturity and judgment to express consent or to fully understand the implications of their actions… and are pushed by their adult commanders into perpetrating atrocities,’ the report said” (“Should child soldiers be prosecuted for their crimes?” from irinnews.org). Child soldiers do not realize that they should not let adults push them around. Child soldiers are told to kill and…