Revamping the Army Equal Opportunity Training Program for the 21st Century and Beyond
Abstract
The Army Chief of Staff is leading the Army's most comprehensive transformation process undertaken in decades. In this transformation process, the Army remains a values based organization that continues to lead our society in treating its people with dignity and respect. Although the Army is working on transforming its overall structure for the 21st Century and beyond, there is little evidence that indicates the Army is also looking at what will be needed to transform or revamp its Equal Opportunity Training Program. An effective Equal Opportunity (EO) Training Program provides an excellent tool to assist in addressing complex cultural, diversity, and readiness issues in the 21st Century. Maintaining an effective Army EO program clearly supports the interpersonal skills core competency (one of the three core competencies for strategic leaders for the 21st century), which will assist leaders in developing needed transcultural skills. In addressing this issue of Army EO training transformation, I will review origins of the program, assess the current status of the training program to include problems and propose concepts for making the Army EO training program more relevant for the 21st century and the objective force.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA401030
Entities
People
- Keith C. Blowe
Organizations
- United States Army War College