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Building a Foundation of training Management and Discipline

Building a Foundation of Training Management and Discipline

By CSM Nema Mobarakzadeh

This article discusses the importance of leaders actively building team cohesion and individual discipline through two practical means: morning parade and empowering young NCOs to manage PT plans. Focus area: Strengthening the Profession.

Link to the article | More from Infantry

Notable Quote

“Leaders throughout the Army have recognized that some junior and mid-grade NCOs are not enforcing basic standards and discipline. This is because senior NCOs have failed to train and hold junior NCOs accountable. As senior NCOs, training junior NCOs and maintaining good order and discipline are our responsibility.”

How we Fight: Medical Evacuation Sustainment in Combat

How We Fight: Medical Evacuation Sustainment in Combat

By MSG Evan E. Chaney

This article discusses the future need for Class VIII resupplies in a LSCO and provides an actionable recommendation to the aviation community. Focus area: Warfighting

Link to the article | More from Aviation Digest

Notable Quote

“In a Large-Scale Combat (LSCO) environment, casualty rates will require increased medical sustainment support and MEDEVAC aircraft could and should be utilized to move medical personnel and Class VIII medical materiel (e.g., surgical dressings, medical instruments, controlled/noncontrolled drugs) around the battlefield.”

GIG Work and the Joint Force: A Modern Solution to Leverage Reserve Component Talent

GIG Work and the Joint Force: A Modern Solution to Leverage Reserve Component Talent

By Major Jim Perkins

This article highlights GigEagle, a military owned website designed to facilitate talent management and suggests the Army Reserves and NG use this program to fill specific talent requirements more quickly. Focus area: Delivering Ready Combat Formations.

Link to the article | More from Modern War Institute

Notable Quote

“Imagine that the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps needs a unified deployment dashboard that provides real-time updates to force deployments around the world. To create it, the corps mobilizes a Navy Reservist whose day job is supply chain and logistics optimization at Walmart or Amazon to partner with a data scientist from the Air National Guard. Lending their unique expertise, they only need to be mobilized for four weeks to build the dashboard. This is all made possible by a tool that exists today, called GigEagle.”