Difference Between Combat And Garrison Leadership
The difference between combat and garrison leadership is a hard question to answer, as one may not be familiar with a combat environment. But it could be told as who knows how to be a soldier and who knows how to conduct him/herself as a soldier. A soldier with combat leadership experience would know how to maneuver and maintain others in a tactical environment a lot better than a soldier more versed in garrison leadership. The two leadership environments are very much different from each other and both offer different levels of stress. A garrison environment back at home can be a working in a nice mid-temperate weather in Kentucky versus working in a hot dry dessert in a combat zone in Iraq.
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This where the garrison side of leadership comes into play. Commanders plan out training schedules to maintain the readiness of the unit’s ability to perform in a combat scenario and maintain morale of the organization. At the battalion level, every month there will be a Soldier of the month, NCO of the month and a promotion board. The purpose of the board is to test knowledge on basic soldier skills, army command polices, how to conduct themselves professionally as a soldier, and determine whether or not a soldier is ready to go from enlisted to a NCO and meet organizational standards. I believe garrison leadership is just as important as combat leadership. There will be a time where the U.S. won’t be fully involved in a war. Garrison leadership in the army before 9/11 was a lot different than it is today; leaders made every day tasks a training opportunity to discipline the soldier. Now some senior leaders would consider garrison leadership a lost art as they look at the new generation of NCOs. Command Sergeant Major Roderick Taylor of the 25th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion wrote on Hawaii Army weekly in 2013 a article on how garrison leadership is a lost art after 10 years. He wrote, “Upon arrival at each assignment. I have carefully assessed the capabilities of these junior leaders, and time after time, I have observed the same
I asked my father on social media, a retired Staff …show more content…
This where the garrison side of leadership comes into play. Commanders plan out training schedules to maintain the readiness of the unit’s ability to perform in a combat scenario and maintain morale of the organization. At the battalion level, every month there will be a Soldier of the month, NCO of the month and a promotion board. The purpose of the board is to test knowledge on basic soldier skills, army command polices, how to conduct themselves professionally as a soldier, and determine whether or not a soldier is ready to go from enlisted to a NCO and meet organizational standards. I believe garrison leadership is just as important as combat leadership. There will be a time where the U.S. won’t be fully involved in a war. Garrison leadership in the army before 9/11 was a lot different than it is today; leaders made every day tasks a training opportunity to discipline the soldier. Now some senior leaders would consider garrison leadership a lost art as they look at the new generation of NCOs. Command Sergeant Major Roderick Taylor of the 25th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion wrote on Hawaii Army weekly in 2013 a article on how garrison leadership is a lost art after 10 years. He wrote, “Upon arrival at each assignment. I have carefully assessed the capabilities of these junior leaders, and time after time, I have observed the same