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Article: Army Leadership-A Personal View
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- Army
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Association of the United States Army Jan 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Leadership is taking the point position when your unit or flight is expecting contact with the enemy. Leadership is flying a crippled bomber to the ground when one of your wounded crewmembers cannot bail out. Leadership is keeping your young soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors and coast guardsmen alive and never leaving your wounded behind. Leadership is writing a dead trooper's family a personal letter immediately after the battle.
Leadership is not glorifying war. Leadership is not doing "anything" just to get promoted. Leadership is not winning the battle at all costs, nor is it losing a war to avoid casualties. Leadership is not found in the security of a well-fortified command bunker, ...