Army Officer's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2013
672 pages
978-0-8117-5257-2 (ISBN)
Description
• Practical advice on Army leadership and command
• Fully updated with the latest information for officers of all ranks, branches, and components
• Uniforms and insignia, duties and responsibilities, privileges and restrictions, courtesy and customs, posts and organizations, regulations and references
• Color images of medals and badges
• Fully updated with the latest information for officers of all ranks, branches, and components
• Uniforms and insignia, duties and responsibilities, privileges and restrictions, courtesy and customs, posts and organizations, regulations and references
• Color images of medals and badges
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Colonel Robert J. Dalessandro USA (ret.)
Army Officer's Guide
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09/2013
Stackpole Books
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Persons
Col. Robert J. Dalessandro, USA (Ret.), is chairman of the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission. He has been director of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center and chief of military history at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, and is currently deputy secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. He is revisor for Stackpole's Army Officer's Guide and author of Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War, American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy in World War I, and Organization and Insignia of the American Expeditionary Force. Dalessandro lives in northern Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: The Army
- 1. Heritage, Customs, and Courtesies of the Army
- 2. Missions, Purposes, and Organization
- 3. The Army Officer
- 4. The Army in the Joint and Interagency Team
- 5. Combat Arms Branches
- 6. Combat Support Branches
- 7. Force Sustainment Branches
- 8. Special Branches
- 9. Army Posts and Stations
- 10. Foreign Service
- PART II: Service as an Army Officer
- 11. Professional Development
- 12. New Duty Assignments
- 13. Responsibilities of Command
- 14. Staff Assignments and Procedures
- 15. Warrant Officer Corps
- 16. Additional Duty Guide
- PART III: Social and Family Matters
- 17. The Social Side of Army Life
- 18. Family Affairs
- 19. Personal and Financial Planning
- Appendices
- Appendix A Pay and Allowances
- Appendix B Travel
- Appendix C Uniforms and Appearance
- Appendix D Military Awards
- COLOR PLATES OF DECORATIONS, AWARDS, AND SERVICE MEDALS
- Appendix E Retirement
- Appendix F Professional Military Web Forums
- Appendix G Professional Movie Guide
- Appendix H Professional Reading List
- Appendix I Selected Acronyms
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover
