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TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01command list for Desert Storm did not fully activate, the mere ability to identify that group ofreplacement candidates is a luxury unlikely in the future unless the Army deliberately identifiesthis as a required capability. First, the overall force is smaller, and second the pool of commandreadyfield grade officers that are not already in command is even smaller. The Army simply hasnot had the manpower nor has it developed the ability to maintain such a pool of command-readyreplacements. The same applies for senior NCOs, warrant officers, and is even more challengingin the Army Reserves and National Guard. It takes time to develop leaders, many years in thecase of battalion level officers and NCOs. It was common for an officer to enter service in 1941as a second lieutenant and end the war as a lieutenant colonel or higher four years later. In 2020,a lieutenant colonel eligible for battalion command theoretically receives his or her commissionin 2004. Those intervening sixteen years represent an enormous amount of growth andexperience. General J. Lawton Collins of World War II fame was a lieutenant for seventeenyears. He emerged from the war as a corps commander, but even seventeen years as a lieutenantloaded Collins with knowledge and experience.Cohesion and Adaptive DecisionmakingLeadership in the future operating environment, requires adaptive decisionmaking based onan assessment of the situation asviewed through the eyes of When evening comes and all are exhausted, hungrysubordinates armed with the and possibly dispirited, particularly in unfavorablecommander’s intent and support.Leader stability, optimism, opencommunications, frequent presenceat training and social activities areweather at the end of a march or in battle, you mustput aside any thought of personal fatigue and displaymarked energy in looking after the comfort of yourorganization, inspecting your lines and preparing foressential to developing an tomorrow.environment of confidence, trust,and respect. Good leaders alsoGeneral George C. Marshallprovide the context in which peer bonding is more meaningful, translating into betterperformance. Additionally, through frequent face-to-face contact, leaders must ensure thatSoldiers understand their role and, the unit’s mission and that the risks asked of them are bothworthwhile and can contribute to personal growth. Role and mission clarity are less complicatedin conventional combat operations of short duration, but recent experience demonstrates thatthese concerns will be problematic in future smaller scale complex contingencies. Without asignificant level of leader involvement, there is risk that highly cohesive units may developbehavioral norms and objectives of their own choosing, especially if leaders are not proactive inclarifying purpose and roles, or perceived as uncaring, unsupportive, overly ambitious, andmarginally competent.While Army leaders learn early that professional competence is an essential moralimperative, it is especially important yet rarely emphasized that Soldiers must see their leaders’capabilities in order to develop confidence in them. Likewise, Soldiers must have confidencethat their leaders will neither needlessly sacrifice their lives through incompetence, nor wastethem through indifference. Leaders must return their subordinate’s loyalty and affection in kind,forming strong mutual obligations. Similarly, in units with strong vertical bonding, Soldiersreflect their leader’s professional values and report that core Soldier values are very important to188
TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01them. This socialization process reflects the Soldier’s internalization of these values as his or herown.Leaders who place emphasis on the human dimensions of morale, cohesion, and mentalpreparation develop motivated and committed Soldiers. Such Soldiers are confident in theirleaders, their individual and collective skills, their weapons, and equipment; have high jobsatisfaction; and develop strong vertical bonds. Conversely, when leaders overemphasizetechnical and tactical combat skills, vertical cohesion and Soldier psychological readiness cansuffer, leading to lower combat effectiveness and a greater number of combat stress casualties. 183Balance remains the key.Strong leadership will take on greater importance as operations become more decentralizedand units operate on a more dispersed, isolated and lethal battlefield. Building vertical cohesionis an aspect of leadership that the Army must address more extensively in leader developmentand training doctrine to bridge the gap between theory and practice. As historian John Keeganpersuasively argues, “The personal bond between leader and follower lies at the root of allexplanations of what does and does not happen in battle...its importance must not beunderestimated. 184 The strength of bonds forged between leaders and led affects secondarycohesion.Leader and Ad Hoc Team CohesionChapter 3 introduced the topic of cohesion. Anotherless recognized influence on secondary as well as primarygroup cohesion is leader and team cohesion. Leadershipteams must form a coordinated cohesive authoritypresenting a unified front. The quality of the cohesion ofleader teams affects subordinate attitudes about unit levelcohesion, the higher-level organizations, and the unitmission.Future modular Force divisions and corps will be adhoc groupings of BCTs and various other subordinate units.Division and corps commanders and their staffs will needto be adept at integrating subordinate commanders and theirstaffs at rapidly developing strong leader and teamcohesion.Factors that undermine identification with the unitleaders threaten the legitimacy of their leadership, theWhen you talk about combatleadership under fire on thebeach at Normandy, I don’t seehow the credit can go to anyoneother than the company gradeofficers and senior NCOs thatled the way. It is good to bereminded that there are suchmen, that there always havebeen, and there always will be.We sometimes forget, I think,that you can manufactureweapons, and you can purchaseammunition, but you can’t buyvalor, and you can’t pull heroesoff an assembly line.Sergeant John Ellery, 6 th Infantry, 1 stInfantry Division, WW IIefforts, and image of the larger organization and the Army, and increase battlefield stress. Leaderteams also ensure subordinate leaders are prepared to assume higher leader positions.Educating leaders must include emphasis on developing a cooperative leadership style ratherthan the more prevalent “super-competitive” authoritarian style. Training on theory andapplication of both cohesive and leader team building skills and conflict resolution is necessary at189
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<strong>TRADOC</strong> <strong>Pam</strong> <strong>525</strong>-3-7-<strong>01</strong>them. This socialization process reflects the Soldier’s internalization of these values as his or herown.Leaders who place emphasis on the human dimensions of morale, cohesion, and mentalpreparation develop motivated and committed Soldiers. Such Soldiers are confident in theirleaders, their individual and collective skills, their weapons, and equipment; have high jobsatisfaction; and develop strong vertical bonds. Conversely, when leaders overemphasizetechnical and tactical combat skills, vertical cohesion and Soldier psychological readiness cansuffer, leading to lower combat effectiveness and a greater number of combat stress casualties. 183Balance remains the key.Strong leadership will take on greater importance as operations become more decentralizedand units operate on a more dispersed, isolated and lethal battlefield. Building vertical cohesionis an aspect of leadership that the <strong>Army</strong> must address more extensively in leader developmentand training doctrine to bridge the gap between theory and practice. As historian John Keeganpersuasively argues, “The personal bond between leader and follower lies at the root of allexplanations of what does and does not happen in battle...its importance must not beunderestimated. 184 The strength of bonds forged between leaders and led affects secondarycohesion.Leader and Ad Hoc Team CohesionChapter 3 introduced the topic of cohesion. Anotherless recognized influence on secondary as well as primarygroup cohesion is leader and team cohesion. Leadershipteams must form a coordinated cohesive authoritypresenting a unified front. The quality of the cohesion ofleader teams affects subordinate attitudes about unit levelcohesion, the higher-level organizations, and the unitmission.Future modular Force divisions and corps will be adhoc groupings of BCTs and various other subordinate units.Division and corps commanders and their staffs will needto be adept at integrating subordinate commanders and theirstaffs at rapidly developing strong leader and teamcohesion.Factors that undermine identification with the unitleaders threaten the legitimacy of their leadership, theWhen you talk about combatleadership under fire on thebeach at Normandy, I don’t seehow the credit can go to anyoneother than the company gradeofficers and senior NCOs thatled the way. It is good to bereminded that there are suchmen, that there always havebeen, and there always will be.We sometimes forget, I think,that you can manufactureweapons, and you can purchaseammunition, but you can’t buyvalor, and you can’t pull heroesoff an assembly line.Sergeant John Ellery, 6 th Infantry, 1 stInfantry Division, WW IIefforts, and image of the larger organization and the <strong>Army</strong>, and increase battlefield stress. Leaderteams also ensure subordinate leaders are prepared to assume higher leader positions.Educating leaders must include emphasis on developing a cooperative leadership style ratherthan the more prevalent “super-competitive” authoritarian style. Training on theory andapplication of both cohesive and leader team building skills and conflict resolution is necessary at189