Building the Operational and Strategic Warfighter
Abstract
The Department of Defense is currently executing an expansive transformation throughout the joint community. One of the critical aspects of this transformation is the education of officers and preparation of officers to assume strategic and operational leadership and command positions throughout the Combatant Commands. Officer development is the responsibility of each Service. Unfortunately, this does not prepare the officer to assume the role of a strategic or operational commander in a joint command. The joint strategic or operational commander can no longer be developed independently by each Service. His development must be a comprehensive and intentional blending of joint and service competencies and traits, warfighting experience, self-development, and institutional training and education. This paper will study the competencies and traits required of the strategic and operational commander in the information age, assess obstacles to the development of joint strategic commanders, and provide recommendations for the service and joint integrated development of joint officers in order to develop the best prepared joint strategic and operational commander possible.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 13, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA436748
Entities
People
- Harry C. Glenn Iii
Organizations
- National Defense University