Military Leaders' Responsibility in Building Psychological Resilience in Subordinates

Abstract

As the US continues sustained combat operations and the operational tempo of the military shows no sign of slowing down,leaders must seek proactive solutions to building the psychological resilience of their subordinates. Command teams mustbe engaged with their subordinates, facilitate unit cohesion and morale, and provide examples of ethical and moral rolemodels as part of their responsibility to build psychological resilience in their subordinates. Commanders have the ability tostrengthen the psychological resilience of their subordinates during military training. Because of the multidimensional natureof resilience, military leaders must incorporate resilience training into entry level training, PTP, and PME.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176511

Entities

People

  • Jonathan A. Hutchison

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Brain Injuries
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Training
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design