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Reading to Recall

Michael Everett — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 01:28:49 +0000

Moving from Notes to Actions

Leaders are readers. But why read if you cannot recall 90% of what you read by next week? A good leader is carved from the challenges, trials, hardships, and enlightenment that are provided through experience. This is a variable that leaders cannot control, right? Sort of. The method for filling gaps in your knowledge base and level of experience can expanded via reading. Books, articles, or white papers provide leaders insight into the experience of others. Literature, in all forms, can help sand the edges of our experiences, give them more clarity and perspective, and allow us to incorporate those lessons into our own lives. As the retired General Mattis said, “If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate.”

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Doug Meyer — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:49:42 +0000

July 2022

Army Sgt. Justin Covert mans an M1A2 .50-caliber machine gun on a Stryker vehicle during training at Fort Irwin, Calif., as the Milky Way galactic center is visible overhead, May 24, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stewart)

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Winning in the AIM Marketplace

Robert Calkins — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:10:17 +0000

How to get your Next Assignment of Choice through Attention to Detail, Research, and Initiative

The Assignment Interactive Module (AIM) Marketplace opened up on 23 September, meaning the race has begun for each of us in the 22-02 Movement Cycle to find and secure our next assignment before it closes on 03 November. This is the second marketplace in which I have participated and I have learned a lot since then about how it functions. Since literally forgetting my first Marketplace was occurring four years ago to winning in the Special Marketplace that followed, I have spoken many times with Military Intelligence (MI) Branch personnel at Human Resources Command (HRC) about the process while both receiving and giving several Leader Professional Development (LPD) sessions about it. This guide will support you in successfully navigating and winning in the AIM Marketplace.

Soldiers enjoy the view from the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook during a high-altitude training flight in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, May 4, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)

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Reflections During Quarantine

Elizabeth Vaughan Moyer — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:08:12 +0000

How Leaders Adapt and Develop

Quarantine. It disrupts our sanity and results in day drinking, homeschooling, Zoom meetings, and TikTok challenges. For me, a mandatory quarantine in the desert provided an opportunity for self-development. While COVID-19 became a global pandemic, I watched as novel obstacles confounded long-established systems. Yet despite the surprising fragility of our societal constructs, people and organizations adjusted to our “new normal.” By observing this resiliency, I solidified a core belief: the leader who adapts earns the opportunity to develop.

Soldiers stand in formation while wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing during reception before entering basic combat training May 14, 2020, on Fort Sill, Okla. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin D. Biven)

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TLDR – RE: CAVLOG

Gregor MacGregor — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:36:48 +0000

TLDR is a popular culture acronym standing for Too Long; Didn’t Read. Urban Dictionary says it is a “frequently used by […] people in Internet Forums [whose] urge to type exceeds their ability to read…” A few weeks ago we published an Excel tool to aid troop and squadron-level leaders in logistics planning. CAVLOG, posted to The Rucksack, received a lot of attention on Social Media page via The Company Leader, Doctrine Man, and Army Leader Exchange. We appreciated and were humbled by the volume of interest and engagement. Some of it was praise. Other comments provided constructive feedback. And then some commentary fell into the realm of clear “TLDR.” Below, we hope to clear-up a few things about CAVLOG.

A U.S. Army Task Force Brawler CH-47F Chinook flies while conducting a training exercise with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26, 2018. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook)

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The Combined Arms Battalion TDE – Defense

Dave Wright — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:05:11 +0000

Guest Tactical Decision Game

One aspect of the National Training Center’s (NTC) mission is to identify training deficiencies for Rotational Training Units (RTU). Simply identifying re-occurring or one-off training shortfalls is not enough to improve the readiness and proficiency of leaders, units, and the Army. To provide feedback on home station training, Operations Group and the National Training Center routinely conducts Outreach to the Force. This set of Tactical Decision Exercises (TDE) is one example of that outreach.

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CAVLOG

Gregor MacGregor — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:12:44 +0000

An Excel Tool for Logistics Planning at the Troop and Squadron-level

Whether tank companies in the assault or cavalry squadrons conducting zone reconnaissance, the Armor Branch fights on its fuel-tanks and ammo-racks. Increased consumption, large maneuver spaces, and long lines of communication to the Brigade Support Area, reduce the responsiveness and continuity of logistics operations compared with those of the other combat arms. In our Squadron, we identified accurate anticipation of requirements as a major stumbling block to our troops’ maneuver operations. Tactical operations, inconsistent reporting, and poor systems led to inaccurate forecasting of logistical needs. This created a back-up at the CTCP that then resulted in inadequate pushes of resupply from the FTCP. We needed consistency and accuracy – insert, CAVLOG.

Logistics may not be as sexy as maneuver, but ask the trooper on the screen-line or the Soldier in the trenches and he will tell you – it’s the stuff by which we live and die.

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Route Canada (IBCT PLT MTC)

Doug Meyer — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:51:48 +0000

The Company Leader TDG 18-11

This TDG is set in the war in Afghanistan. It has its roots in COIN operations, but is relevant to any current DATE scenario. While approaching this TDG, familiarize yourself with the MTOE of a platoon in an IBCT, within the constraints provided below. Be creative, consider what you know about the enemy, and the relevant information about your friendly forces’ operations the day prior. Spend some time understanding the enemy, the terrain, and yourself. Think critically and creatively. Good luck and enjoy!

KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 25, 2010) – Soldiers assigned to the 510th Route Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, conduct a route clearance patrol in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The 510th Route Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, conducts route clearance missions throughout the city. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/RELEASED)

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Tanks in the Hedgerows (ABCT Co Attack)

Doug Meyer — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 01:56:39 +0000

The Company Leader TDG 18-10

You are the company commander of B Co, 2-7 IN. You have been operating in the Sherka Province of Urzustan, a military state under dictator rule with ties to other terrorist and near-peer adversaries of the United States. Over the past 24 hours, your BN TAA has been receiving indirect fire from the north. Your sister FA BN and BN FiST determined the point of origin (POO) to be a hill approximately 1000 meters outside of the town of Jurju. Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports indicate that mortar teams use that hill and quickly displace to Jurju where a local militia tied to the current regime gives them safe haven. You report to the Battalion Tactical Operations Center (TOC) at 2300hrs to receive a FRAGORD.

Students of ABOLC and IBOLC execute the Combined Competitive Maneuver Exercise. Photo of D Troop, 2-16 CAV, ABOLC, U.S. Army Armor School. Photo retrieved from U.S. Army Armor Officer Basic Course Facebook Page.

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Patched-Prairie (SBCT PLT Attack)

Doug Meyer — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 02:50:48 +0000

The Company Leader TDG 18-09

You are the Platoon Leader of 2nd PLT/C Co/1-23 IN fighting on the Korean Peninsula. You have an MTOE Stryker (SBCT) Infantry Platoon with an attached Engineer Squad equipped with an M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle. The Korean peninsula has been divided since 1953. Over six decades of heightened regional tensions and economic instability led to the collapse of the northern dictatorship when their dictator died suddenly and without an immediate successor. At this time, the north’s nuclear program has fallen and radical groups to the north are moving to secure chemical weapons depots across the region. It is assessed that these enemy forces have already infiltrated into the Republic of Korea through maritime routes. You will conduct a Platoon Attack on a patched prairie (OBJ COLT) as part of a greater battalion operation in AO Freeman.

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The Company LeaderTools Archives - The Company Leader

Reading to Recall

PS Magazine Roll-up

Winning in the AIM Marketplace

Reflections During Quarantine

TLDR – RE: CAVLOG

The Combined Arms Battalion TDE – Defense

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CAVLOG

Route Canada (IBCT PLT MTC)

Tanks in the Hedgerows (ABCT Co Attack)

Patched-Prairie (SBCT PLT Attack)

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