The U.S. Army Religious Support Environment of 2020

Abstract

The U.S. Army and the Army Chaplain Corps will experience transformational change between the years 2012 and 2020. Transformational change will have a significant impact on the future U.S. Army religious support environment. The Chaplain Corps must not allow future religious support to unfold in random fashion. Therefore, chaplain strategic leaders must lead transformational change. Transformational leadership requires the ability to identify significant trends, understand their potential impact, and develop strategies to manage future challenges and maximize future opportunities. This paper identifies eight broad trends within the U.S. Army and the civilian world that have the potential to impact the Army religious support environment between 2012 and 2020. An analysis of the trends facilitated development of four scenarios that illustrate possible variations of the U.S. Army religious support environment of 2020. The scenarios do not provide any answers. However, they will inform U.S. Army Chaplain Corps strategic leaders as they make decisions that shape the future of U.S. Army religious support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561350

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey D. Houston

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain Injuries
  • Chaplains
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Force Structure
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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