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The Military Leader Reading List

The Military Leader — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 05:33:53 +0000

A recent email from a reader asked simply if there is a Military Leader reading list. As a professional who credits books with providing a sizable portion of my development, I was embarrassed to respond in the negative. Though I often write about what I learn from books (here, here, and here), I have neglected to […]

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The Chilling Story Behind the Mayflower

The Military Leader — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:55:00 +0000

It’s not often that we find good Thanksgiving-related reading, but Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick is definitely worth checking out. In vivid detail, Philbrick describes the tumultuous voyage of the Mayflower, the near catastrophe of the first winter in Plymouth, and the struggle for survival that was the first […]

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Connecting Today’s Soldiers with Yesterday’s Sacrifice

The Military Leader — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:52:11 +0000

This week, I was unexpectedly reintroduced to the service and sacrifice woven through the U.S. Army’s 241 year history. It happened at a performance of the Twilight Tattoo, hosted by the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the U.S. Army Band at Fort Myer, VA. This hour-long show is open to the public […]

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People…the Army’s Legacy of Leadership

The Military Leader — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:31:32 +0000

There’s an old adage you’ve likely heard, “The Army is not about people, it is people.” Army leaders and soldiers pay attention to endstrength more than any other service because people are the power behind everything the Army does. And because people are so critical to the Army, leadership is the fundamental action that Army leaders […]

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Leadership In Action – Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

The Military Leader — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:59:25 +0000

Bayonets, Forward! With this command Union Army Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain ordered the 20th Maine Regiment to execute a daring counterattack against the 15th Alabama Regiment of the Confederate Army on July 2nd 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg. At the extreme left flank of the Union Army, the 20th Maine fought off repeated assaults for […]

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Sebastian Junger Knows What We Know About Combat

The Military Leader — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:21:56 +0000

Sebastian Junger speaks Infantry. He’s an American journalist with no military service, but that doesn’t matter. He speaks our language. The sound of a bullet, the constant fear, the instinctual drive to save a buddy laying in the open. He knows the combat experience because he chose to live it in the treacherous terrain of […]

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A Glimpse of Hell in World War I

The Military Leader — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 08:07:58 +0000

Some time ago as I was driving to work, I caught a glimpse of something that transported me to a hellish battlefield one hundred years ago. The thermometer hovered just north of freezing. Pellets of rain hit my windshield like shrapnel, which concerned me little because I was cozy and warm in, ironically enough, my […]

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