Description
Army doctrine teaches us that journaling is a tool to help expand one’s knowledge (self-awareness). Doctrine emphasizes that leaders read about, write about, and practice their profession. As a senior Army leader, you are constantly preparing yourself through lifelong learning and broadening experiences. Self-awareness enables leaders to recognize their strengths and weaknesses across a range of conditions and progressively employ strengths to correct weaknesses. Competent and confident leaders make sense of their experience and use it to learn more about themselves. Journals and after action reviews (AARs) are valuable tools in gaining an understanding of one’s experiences and reactions to changes in conditions. When an individual journals they are developing their critical thinking skills. Critical thinking provides a basis for reflection and continual learning. This type of thinking is purposeful and helps find facts, challenge assumptions, solve problems, and make decisions. Critical and innovative thought are abilities that enable adaptability.
The staff ride (T111) is a versatile educational tool. Its sole purpose is to further the professional development of U.S. Army leaders. You can design it to achieve one or many objectives, depending upon the needs of the organization and the circumstances under which you conduct the staff ride. This activity design can achieve a number of objectives, depending on the gaps identified in your analysis of the workforce.
Assignment Instructions: Analyze the concepts and theories you read about in T111, L107, and S302 L104; utilizing key language and terms from these concepts and theories, identify and analyze a historic campaign or battle (T111) that you can use as part of the Professional Character Development of an organization (L107). Then journal how Sergeants Major could plan and implement a staff ride to assess and address performance gaps, and develop the workforce within their organization (S302). In your planning, ensure that you address how the preliminary phase, the field study phase, and the integration phase can help achieve your intended results (based upon reading CMH Pub 70-21, 2014). Ensure that you identify what the overall development goal is for your staff ride.
Your journal entry must be between 400-700 words. Cite IAW APA standards.
some references: 400-SMC-1014.01 (T111: Staff Ride), 400-SMC-1015.33 (L107: Army Leadership and Profession), and 400-SMC-1015.36 (S302: Unit Training Management)