Category Archives: Leadership

Leadership: It’s Never Too Late

By | May 18, 2016

[May 18, 2016]  Throughout 1940, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Congress debated and delayed preparing the country’s military for the war raging across Europe and Asia.  Fortunately, armament production began in earnest late that year.  Only the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 brought the America into the war.  For leadership, it’s never… Read More »

Virtues of the Warrior

By | May 16, 2016

[May 16, 2016]  In 2003 during an interrogation of an Iraqi policeman suspected of helping setup an ambush on American soldiers, a U.S. Army officer fired shoots near the policeman’s head.  Ostensibly to obtain information to protect his troops, the officer went too far according to U.S. Rules of Engagement and behavioral standards.1  This behavior, however, is indicative… Read More »

Disrespect Will Cost You …

By | May 13, 2016

[May 13, 2016]  A young man attending college in his first year and the only child of loving parents, and also close friends of mine, regularly disrespected his father and mother.  The parents had secretly saved for their child’s education but decided not to use it as intended because of their child’s disrespectful behavior.  A big lesson for… Read More »

Who is Francis Marion?

By | May 12, 2016

[May 12, 2016]  More than a decade ago the U.S. Army developed a “Warrior Ethos” program that was designed to help prepare soldiers for combat and it still exists today as part of the Soldier’s Creed.1  What it did not do was create warriors.  Today, I’m introducing a real warrior – Francis Marion who was the father of… Read More »

Who Cares About Leadership?

By | May 11, 2016

[May 11, 2016]  The other day I was perusing the Internet looking at the popularity of various ideas.  My interest was how the subject of leadership compared with other concepts such as gaming, music, food, and sports.  Leadership was hardly a blip on the radar (depending on how it’s measured), while music and television were consistently at the… Read More »

Judgments: by Army Vet

By | May 7, 2016

[May 7, 2016]  Army Vet reflects today on COWED GENERALS and ADMIRALS. What to know something?  Generals and admirals are amateurs but not in the way common man thinks.  They’re amateurs in fighting new and immerging threats to their nations.  They’re amateurs because they’re soldiers when they should be warriors.  I say, think like a soldier, die like… Read More »