When Mission Success Collides with Army Values; The Retention and Transition NCOs Tranfer Mission

Abstract

As Army Leadership, we teach and live by the Army values. The Army values are stressed to the point that all Soldiers carry cards and Identification Tags (ID) with the values printed on them as a constant reminder. In addition, Soldiers and Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) are taught the Soldier Creed and NCO Creed that continue to stress the Army values and mission accomplishment. At what point does the mission success outweigh the Army values? Is succeeding worth a negative public image? Is mission accomplishment worth pushing great Soldiers in to the "gray area"? At what point does a competitive spirit drive a good Soldier to over look the Army values to accomplish the mission?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 2006
Accession Number
AD1105651

Entities

People

  • Scott L. Brannam

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communities
  • Competition
  • Counseling
  • Environment
  • Families (Human)
  • Identification
  • Judgment
  • Leadership
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design