National Guard Senior Leader Development: A New Set of Tricks

Abstract

While the Army and Air Force components of the National Guard incorporate their parent services' established senior leader development strategies, the National Guard still lacks a cohesive strategy that incorporates the parents' strategies with the distinctive requirements of National Guard leadership. The National Guard needs leaders who will be its advocates, who will inform the parent services and civilian leadership of the unique capabilities offered by the nation's only dual-mission military service. This paper examines the strategic leader competencies that will be required of future senior officers in the National Guard, the National Guard's current senior leader development process compared with that of the parent services, shortfalls in senior leader preparation strategy and execution, and potential options to mitigate any shortcomings in preparing National Guard leaders for strategic and national-level positions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561044

Entities

People

  • Glen D. Chancellor

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • District Of Columbia
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Field Grade Officers
  • General Officers
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies