Evolving Army Leader Training: Adapting for GWOT Experienced Junior Leaders
Abstract
The United States Army's Junior Leaders are exactly what Army Senior Leaders and Very Senior Leaders want them to be: creative, adaptive, flexible, and agile leaders who think strategically and act decisively based on their GWOT experiences. The hallmark and core of Army training and leader development remains a highly structured, organized, and centralized system. If this system does not adapt, flex, and evolve in parallel with the demands of Junior Leaders from the Millennial Generation, the Army will incur serious and unintended consequences. Should the Army sustain the status quo it could lose its leadership edge, waste the experience gained during GWOT, disenfranchise its Junior Leader Millennials, and marginalize its future. This puts the Army at risk of becoming a force hollow at its leader core unable to fulfill requirements in support of U.S. National Security and Military Strategy. This project studies the generational differences in Army leaders and the structure that both influences and develops today's leader training system. Further it will demonstrate how the Army must adapt and change its leader training system to maximize the lessons learned by Junior Leader Millennials during GWOT deployments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA498151
Entities
People
- Malcolm B. Frost
Organizations
- United States Army War College