The Armed Forces Officer
Essays on Leadership, Command, Oath, and Service Identity
Published on 22. October 2019
202 pages
978-1-5107-4315-1 (ISBN)
Description
This newest edition of the classic guide for military officers is a necessity given the volatility of our current political climate.
The Armed Forces Officer is much more than a how-to guide for military officers. It is a series of candid, timeless essays on the nature of the people who occupy the ranks of the military services. This invaluable resource for all those involved in the military highlights that our military is not just a collection of machines, processes, and regulations, but a very human endeavor whose proper understanding requires acknowledging that humans are what make our military the complex, potent, and wonderful organization that it is-a truth that can be applied to any organization, military or civilian, composed of people and all their mysterious complexities.
This is an updated and rewritten edition of the 1950 classic, The Armed Forces Officer. This edition includes a foreword by General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Armed Forces Officer is much more than a how-to guide for military officers. It is a series of candid, timeless essays on the nature of the people who occupy the ranks of the military services. This invaluable resource for all those involved in the military highlights that our military is not just a collection of machines, processes, and regulations, but a very human endeavor whose proper understanding requires acknowledging that humans are what make our military the complex, potent, and wonderful organization that it is-a truth that can be applied to any organization, military or civilian, composed of people and all their mysterious complexities.
This is an updated and rewritten edition of the 1950 classic, The Armed Forces Officer. This edition includes a foreword by General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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The Armed Forces Officer
Essays on Leadership, Command, Oath, and Service Identity
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Dr. Albert C. Pierce is the National Defense University's professor of Ethics and National Security. He also worked on the 2007 edition of this work.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Preface by Major General Frederick M. Padilla, U.S. Marine Corps, President of the National Defense University
- Chapter One The Commission and the Oath
- Chapter Two The Profession of Arms
- Chapter Three The Officer in the Profession of Arms
- Chapter Four The Officer at Work: The Ethical Use of Force
- Chapter Five The Officer at Work: Leadership
- Chapter Six The Officer at Work: Command
- Chapter Seven The Officer and Society: The Vertical Dimension
- Chapter Eight The Officer and Society: The Horizontal Dimension
- Chapter Nine Service Identity and Joint Warfighting
- Chapter Ten The Armed Forces Officer
- Appendix A Founding Documents
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Constitution of the United States
- Appendix B Authorizing Statutes for the Armed Forces
- Appendix C Service Values of the Armed Forces
- Appendix D Code of Conduct for Members of the United States Armed Forces
- About the Authors
