Taking Care of Soldiers

Abstract

Bottom line up front, the Army can do more for our junior enlisted Soldiers. As Sergeant Majors and Command Sergeant Majors, we will be the role models for future generations of soldiers to come. Junior enlisted Soldier are currently telling stories of assaults, sexual violence, gang activity, serious alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, psychiatric problems, and racial hostility. My question to you is have we ethically and morally taken care of our Soldiers to the best of our ability? We train our young Soldiers for combat, send them overseas to countries that they know nothing about, and expect them to not engage in illegal activities. What is the Army doing to return our young Soldiers back to our society? Here are the challenges that we have as SGM/CSM in today's and tomorrow's Army.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 2007
Accession Number
AD1117464

Entities

People

  • Frances Wilson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Crime
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Depression
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dysfunction
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Hostility
  • Leadership
  • Lepidoptera
  • Lessons Learned
  • Overseas
  • Police
  • Sexual Assault
  • Societies
  • Training
  • United States
  • Violence

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