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| A kinder and gentler approach to Leadership (Officers) RangerUp |
| 2012-05-17 |
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| Posted by:newc |
| #5 Good comments below the pic...probably the best is "How about: Officers-making simple s**t complicated since 1775." |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-05-17 16:13 |
| #4 the ROE in Afghanistan violate that paradigm and we pay dearly for REMF's second guessing fire missions and requests for air cover While it went away for a short while, this been around for decades. The only bright spot, if you want to call it that, is that the second-guessing has been pushed down to the REMFs instead of going through the higher echelons. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-05-17 15:38 |
| #3 The success of the US Military is due to the model developed by the Prussian Army under Rood. Pushing responsibility and authority to the lowest level possible and then relying on the initiative of the small unit commander are the decisive differences between the US military and most Armies/unwashed mobs that we fight. We'll be successful as long as we keep that model functional, the ROE in Afghanistan violate that paradigm and we pay dearly for REMF's second guessing fire missions and requests for air cover. In the battle field environment, provide the resources and the objective and get the heck out of the way. I had one Bn CO that said, LT, I want to eat lunch on a LZ at this location noon tomorrow and here are the resources...then I got his replacement would would tell me everything except when to take a leak and my casualty rate went through the roof. After a while we all decided the new Bn Co was a REMF in wolf's clothing and all of us Company Commanders pretty much ignored his crap in the field. He got a medal because we ignored his crap. Same today. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-05-17 14:37 |
| #2 As I've heard it expressed, ""My mission, my men, myself. . ." ". |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-05-17 10:34 |
| #1 1. The troops can figure out a poser pretty quick regardless of what's pinned on. 2. In any unit there is both a formal and informal organization. While there is generally a corollary of rank, its not necessarily what you may think. 3. Don't ask the troops to do anything you won't do yourself. 4. Push responsibility and the authority to carry it out to the lowest level possible. 5. You don't have to be an SOB to get the job done. You're just as expendable as anyone else. 6. Bring them home alive. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-05-17 09:43 |