Welch Regiment

The purpose of this memorandum is to discuss leadership and development issues and challenges within the 56th HBCT. I have identified 8 issues and challenges that currently plague the unit and are having an adverse effect on it and our soldiers. Additionally, discussion will focus on the top three of these issues as well as the importance of resolving the most important one of them with the greatest of speed. While the unit was successful in accomplishing all of their missions

The 2nd Brigade of 101st Airborne Division found out in the summer of 2004 that they had to prepare for the war in the Middle East more particularly for Iraq. With Colonel Todd Ebel in Command of the 2nd Division with a year to prepare over 3,400 men and woman he got right to work. Colonel Ebel started by choosing his staff and who he thought was fit to take charge and lead this ever more complicated war. It was a huge religious civil war taking place in Iraq at the time with the Sunnis at war against

Black Hearts was about the 2005-2006 deployment of the 101st‘s second brigade‘s 1-502nd (First Strike) to Iraq. The book more specifically honed in on Bravo Company and their first platoon’s decent into complete madness throughout the deployment. The 1-502nd and its commander Lt Col Kunk, was tasked with the mission of getting control of and hold the land in-between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Kunk was a particularly difficult man to get along with. He would explode and go on a tirade over

Assessment of an Organizational Leader It is not uncommon for individuals in a private corporation or in a state public sector organization to associate leadership concepts with the top brass in today’s military. Individuals will make the assumption that if someone obtains a certain rank in the military then that person must possess the skills and qualities of an all-encompassing leader who can successfully lead the most complex of organizations. Such assumptions, however, do not consider that

The novella begins after Henry has enlisted and joined with the 304th New York regiment encamped across a river in Virginia from the enemy. The date is May 1863, two years after the Civil War has already begun, and the scene is set for the upcoming Battle of Chancellorsville. Through the course of the weeks leading to Henry’s first battle, Henry is brought to question his beliefs and learn his place within his own regiment. Through the use of naturalism, irony, and the literary point of view, Crane

The 56th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) is considered among the best maneuver brigades in the Forces Command three years ago. I know this because I was a member of the 56th ABCT then. During this period, our leaders want to lead and our soldiers were highly motivated. In addition, the morale across the brigade was high with strong supportive family atmosphere. Today, this is no longer true. My review of multiple assessments, surveys, and reports regarding our brigade couple with my interaction

Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 embodies the idea of the corrupt selfishness of the military system that dehumanizes the men of it’s ranks. Often, the bureaucratically inclined superior officers focus only on personal advancement. In doing so, they eliminate any shred of humanity of the men who serve under them. Ultimately, each commanding officer demonstrates a complete lack of moral judgment that considers only their own personal agenda at the cost of the common soldier. Heller’s treatment of a corrupt

In 1942 SGT Salomon was sent to Hawaii, where he was commissioned as a 1LT. 1LT Salomon was working in the hospital in Hawaii for a short period of time before he was assigned to the 105th Infantry Regiment, part of 27th Infantry Division, in May 1943. While assigned to the 105th Infantry Regiment 1LT Salomon would see patients during the mornings and

The 4th Armor Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) has undergone significant changes in the past three years. The brigade was once one of the best maneuver brigades in Forces Command (FORSCOM) but is now riddled with issues ranging from lack of a clear vision for the unit to low morale, and ethical concerns. As the incoming Brigade Commander, I have had 30 days to assess the unit and review historical information and an evaluation from the Centers for Army Lessons Learned (CALL). The most critical leadership

The 369th Infantry Regiment served 191 days under enemy fire in Europe. They returned home one of the most decorated American units of World War I. The syncopated stylings of their regimental band, led by James Reese Europe, introduced French listeners to American jazz. As soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters left their mark in the trenches of France. "We did not give ourselves our name [the 'Harlem Hellfighters']," says Col. Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, which