What Is Ethically Right, Quantity or Quality

Abstract

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) field has made quite a few misjudgments in how we are supporting the Global War on Terrorism and the effect it is having on our Soldiers and our career field. It has created an ethical dilemma in how we fill, and train our EOD units to deploy. When solving any ethical dilemma, we must first define the problem, collect relevant facts, and come up with courses of actions to take. We have done this; but are still not adhering to the courses of actions decided on, and must again revisit the problems. The price we are paying for our depleting ranks is high and the loss of highly trained Team Leaders atrocious. Many are more concerned with the Quantity of EOD Soldiers sent to battle, than the Quality. We owe Soldiers the Loyalty to do the right thing for them, the Respect they deserve, and our Integrity to ensure training takes place, for they have the Personnel Courage to get the job done.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 2005
Accession Number
AD1112112

Entities

People

  • John Ii D. Terrell

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Deployment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Munitions
  • Training
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Urban Areas
  • War

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.