United States Army

It is 0330 Monday morning, he grabbed his rucksack and loaded it in the car, while I woke the kids to get them dressed the day that we did not want to arrive had. I had these same mornings at least three times before. Standing outside of his unit in the chilly morning air, I again had to witness and live through moments that so many of us in the military community are accustomed to seeing. As my soldier was saying goodbye to our children, I took a moment to look around to see other husbands,…

example, in the Vietnam War, the United States had access to state of the art weaponry and decent strategists, yet fell short of their goal of preventing the spread on communism in Vietnam. It is possible to do almost everything right and still not win like the United States. Nevertheless, good weapons such as the M16, helicopters, and fighter planes; plus good fighting tactics are an important key to victory. Undoubtedly the…

history of mission readiness and success. The past few weeks of observing the unit, in addition to, careful analysis of more recent historical documents from Army research organizations such as the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) and Center for Army Leadership (CAL) have provided necessary insight in understanding the unit’s current state of readiness, culture, and organizational structure. However, derived from this insight, it is supposed that the 4th ABCT’s current operating…

It all started in May of 2017 at my current job, UPS. As I was coming down the steps to get to my bay, I saw a new hire who started that day with a trainer. Although I only saw his back side, I noticed this man had a tattoo on his neck of Roman numerals. I liked the tattoo, but I was never the type of person to greet somebody on their first day. As I walked passed, I said hi to the trainer because he trained me when I first started. Luckily, he introduced me to my current boyfriend, Dameon.…

LTC Meyering has distinguished himself throughout his 14 year career as a member of the AMEDD. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and commissioned into service in June 2001. He completed his internship and residency at DeWitt Army Community Hospital as a Family Practice Physician from 2001 - 2004. During his initial assignment CPT Meyering deployed with the 1st BN, 6th Field Artillery, 3rd BCT, 1st ID as the Battalion Physician deploying to Forward Operating Base Gabe, Baqubah, Iraq.…

Showing good leadership in JROTC is important. Part of that leadership is providing a great service to others. As a squad leader, I have to always take care for my squad and stay up to date with whatever it is that is going on with them. I also must make sure that they have completed all their tasks as asked and if it is that they can’t accomplish it, I must take action and make sure they do so. Providing a great service to everyone around me is important. Making sure I’m providing a great…

Leading is being ethical and maintaining values instilled in me since childhood: integrity, respect, morale courage and commitment. A leader will be fair with the distribution of awards and punishment and communicate to their Soldiers the circumstances surrounding the situation to maintain or correct. Leading is not just being right, I am open to and will accept constructive criticism. As a leader, I earn the respect of my Soldiers through my leadership, I am an honest leader. Leadership is not…

Petty Officer Storm is highly recommended for the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his sustained superior performance of duties while serving as Assistant Leading Petty Officer, Command Training Coordinator, EKMS Local Element, Enlisted Information Warfare Coordinator, Trusted Agent, Official Information Exchange Administrator and Site Duty Officer (SDO) at U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS), Far East Detachment Chinhae Korea from March 2016 to March 2017. His…

concentration camp said to be located in the area. Truthfully, more than anything, I was curious as to what could be here. I had heard stories about the concentration camps; their gas chambers and medical experiments. In the two years I’d been in the army, I hadn’t seen one. In those years I’d seen plenty, enough for a lifetime, but I’d been told nothing measures up to this. We kept marching. The snow cracked sharply under our feet, having melted and frozen again, ringing in our ears. Each step…

There is a clear issue with the Army’s promotion system that I will discuss in this forum. I will address my upbringing in the military and what I have seen over my 19-year career. Without a well-defined chain of command, the Army would not be the well-oiled machine that it is today. The organizational structure, which is “the way in which job tasks are formally divided, grouped, and coordinated” as defined in (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 519) is very well known and reiterated down to the lowest…