Senior Leader Responsibility and Accountability

Abstract

The Global War on Terror eroded the discipline of Army Leaders management of unit budgets and accountability of their equipment. In the Army, we call this fraud, waste, and abuse. All leaders in the military have the responsibility to manage their funds, supplies, and account for their equipment. To support the GWOT, our legislative and executive branches consistently increased the defense budget to support our war fighting effort. The senior military leadership pushed GWOT funding and rushed new equipment down to the lowest levels of leadership entrusting them with the responsibility and accountability of using the money and equipment to support the Soldier. The senior leadership did this because they had an obligation to the Soldier and knew they must provide them with the necessary equipment and supplies to fight and win on the battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 2007
Accession Number
AD1117629

Entities

People

  • Brent W. Dick

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Afghanistan
  • Aircrafts
  • Budgets
  • Computers
  • Deployment
  • Laptop Computers
  • Leadership
  • Military Budgets
  • Money
  • President (United States)
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.