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8/14/2019 US Army: Integrating%2C%20Training%20and%20Fighting%20the%20GEN-Y%20Soldier%20CH%20Mallard
References• Sherman Armstrong, et. al., The Importance of Honor in Combat (USACGSOC, 2007).
• Tom Beaudoin, Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are with What We Buy (Sheed & Ward, 2007).
• Tom Beaudoin , Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X (Jossey-Bass, 2000).
• The Cadet Leader Development System Manual (USMA, 2007).
• The Cadet Honor Code and System (USMA, 2007).
• Facebook, www.facebook.com .
• John P. Kotter, Leading Change (Harvard: 1996).
• Don McCabe, “An Overview of Research on Academic Integrity” (Center for Academic Integrity KeynoteAddress, 2001, online at http://ethics.sandiego.edu/video/cai/2001/McCabe/McCabe.html ).
• Stephen Mansfield, The Faith of the American Soldier (Tarcher, 2005).
• Edgar H. Schein, Organizational Culture and Leadership, 3 rd Edition (Jossey-Bass, 2004).
• Don M. Snider and Lloyd J. Matthews, eds., Forging the Warrior’s Character: Moral Precepts from theCadet Prayer (Jerico, 2007).
• “3ID MNF-I Common Values Training” (Iraq, 2006).
• Tactical Problem• GEN-Y Core Attitudes• Developing a Professional Military Ethic• EX: Cadet Leader Development System• EX: Cadet Honor Code and System• A Clash of Wills
• The Branding Culture—Military Potential• OIF: Case Study in GEN-Y Potential• Conclusion
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• “I define truth according to my ‘circle of meaning.’”• “Loyalty to friends is my paramount value.”• “Caring by my superiors is something I expect them as good
leaders to do.”• “Institutions are suspect; I can exist ‘below the line.’”
• “Sociality is directly proportional to interconnectedness,especially electronically.”• “God = Yes; church = No; faith = ritual + experience.”• “I am constantly searching for transparent, authentic mentors
from which to draw life lessons.”• “I can and will make a difference in this world.”• “Death is simply the end of human life; there may be nothing
beyond it and my life might be inconsequential if lost.”(Nihilism)
• “I need to change and grow?”
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• USMA Mission — "To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that eachgraduate as a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty,Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to theNation as an officer in the United StatesArmy."
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• Officership – “The practice of being a commissionedArmy leader, inspired by a unique professional identitythat is shaped by what an officer must KNOW & DO, butmost importantly, by a deeply held personalunderstanding and acceptance of what an officer mustBE. This unique self-concept incorporates four interrelated roles:
Warrior Servant of the NationMember of a ProfessionLeader of Character”
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“To be authentic to their followers, the actions of Army leaders (DO) must be anaccurate reflection of who they are (BE) and what they have learned professionally
(KNOW).”
Snider and Matthews (Page 37)
Intellectual
Military
Physical Social
Ethical
Spiritual
Competencies + Character =Leadership
47 Months
The Cadet Leader Development System
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• “Branding also offers a consistent, coherent identity ,in which you are told about your true self; it offers membership in a community ; it issues an invitationto unconditional trust ; it offers the promise of conversion and new life . Thus, there is a way of life,an identity, that can be had by participating in thelogo-centric economy. These are, after all,worthwhile ends and even deep human needs.”
Tom BeaudoinConsuming Faith (Page 44)
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• “All the leadership schools, classes and years of experience never really prepare youfor that moment in time when you are standing among heroes who have given their all, where their first concerns still remain with their fellow Soldiers,” he said. “Itreinforces duty and commitment unlike any other experience.”
1LT Walter Bryan Jackson, FACompany Fire Support Officer, OIF
• "My injuries were severe, his were life threatening."1LT Walter Bryan Jackson, FACompany Fire Support Officer, OIF
• "You never really know how someone is going to react in combat, and most peoplenever get tested. All you can do is hope that people do their best. And on that day hedid his best."
Captain Walt Jackson, U.S. NavyNaval Research LabFather of 1LT Jackson
Armstrong, et. al., The Importance of Honor in Combat (Pgs 13-14)
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• Successful leaders in today’s military will capitalizeon the latent potential of GEN-Y Soldiers, Sailors,Airmen and Marines while upholding national and service-specific values .
• The primary vehicle for this will be successful directand organizational leadership that cares for theindividual while accomplishing the mission .
• In so doing, they will grow those service membersinto leaders who moderate generational values infavor of service-specific values over time, but whoretain and capitalize on their generational capacities to grow the institution into a more effective andlethal fighting force.
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