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LTG Jensen, director of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) #amsp alum, shares his thoughts on command and the role of the National Guard in today's Army. Kudos to a couple of our resident National Guardsmen Jesse Valles and Russ McKelvey for hosting a great #oparch show! A few thoughts that stuck with me: (1) Solve problems at your echelon. This means enabling the headquarters below you and understanding the mission of your higher headquarters to be at the right place, time and with the right capability to help them win. (2) Every component has a role (Active, Guard, Reserve). Be clear on expectations and invest the resources to ensure you get the right capabilities in the time you need them. (3) Mobilization - it's hard on paper, harder to imagine what it will be like in "real life". We won't know unless we rehearse. The Army University | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center | US Army TRADOC | Marshall Scholars at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies | Harding Project https://lnkd.in/gk58Hwau

Today we celebrate the service and leadership of Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon as he retires from military service and relinquishes his role as the U.S. Army’s 55th Chief of Engineers and commanding officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). During his tenure as Chief, Spellmon was a champion of innovation and sought to elevate the story of research and development in USACE and beyond. Under his leadership, investment in R&D quadrupled, and he took the lead in telling the story of R&D in several forums, including testifying before Congress 20 times about the importance of and need for more R&D. To learn more about Spellmon’s nearly four decades of service in the U.S. Army and his impact to USACE, visit https://lnkd.in/edURV-d9. United States Department of Defense US Army US Army Corps of Engineers LTG Scott Spellmon, PMP David Pittman #military #army #service #command #leadership #engineer #engineers #corpsofengineers #science #innovation #technology #research #researchanddevelopment

As part of #ArmedForces week, today marks specific recognition of those in our Reserve Armed Forces. You might even spot some wearing their military uniform to their civilian work today, where safe and practicable. Reservists are commonly cited as "twice the citizen" as they choose to support the Armed Forces in their spare time, typically during the evenings and weekends, but occasionally full-time when the country needs additional support. I was an Army Reservist for 13 years. I had a huge amount of opportunities presented to me which helped my professional development, which, in turn, my employers were able to benefit from. Whether that was transferring ideas/best practice/working models to/from the military and civilian worlds, or in the training & experience I gained in leadership and operational roles. Do you know any Reservists? How does your company support and enable them?

Please join us on Wednesday, 6 March, at 12:00 PM EST, for a Noon Report #webinar with Command Sergeant Major Andrew J. Lombardo, Command Sergeant Major of the United States Army Reserve. CSM Lombardo will discuss some of the #challenges currently facing the Army Reserve and will highlight some of their recent #accomplishments. In an era of great power competition, the Army needs forces who are able to compete with adversaries, respond to crises and win in conflicts—all while preparing for the #future. The Army Reserve is essential to this #mission; it is Ready Now to provide #Soldiers and units to Combat Commanders, knowing that the Joint Force cannot deploy, fight or win without the unique #support of the Army Reserve. #Register at the link below...

Holistic health & fitness is a team sport and requires specialists from every level to collaborate and engage with soldiers. We love to see the practical applications of this! #H2F #Army #ArmyTraining #HolisticHealth #Fitness #MilitaryFitness

#Landforces2024: Carl Coffman, Bell’s Vice President, Military Sales and Strategy presented Bell’s @USArmy Modernization: Future Vertical Lift. Coffman was joined by U.S. Army customer, Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Keefer, #FLRAA Development and Production Product Manager. “It’s time now that we take a marked step in capability revolution. Until you get in a tiltrotor and you operate at those speeds and those distances, you aren’t going to have a marked maneuver revolution in your capability.” #Tiltrotortechnology #FVL #ArmyModernization

Building the Defense Innovation Base! Developing master innovators takes time and discipline. Cleo and Johnny have both made the commitment and are passing on their lessons to others! Cleo built out the #Gemini program for innovators at the ROTC Jr. level. She is developing mastery with project-based learning and innovation ecosystems to empower problem solving. Cleo is dedicated and driven. She loves a challenge! Say it can't be done, and watch her make miracles happen! Johnny is a powerful story-teller, narrative wizard, and leadership guru following the model laid out by Bob Quinn in the #FundamentalStateOfLeadership. His mastery of the Competing Values Framework for understanding organizational effectiveness is second to none!

I highly recommend accessing these and seeing what our competitive writters are writting about, how they are writting, and consider what your topic would be for next year. Just doing the first two will make you better in your profession. What topics are we missing?

The thing I keep trying to tell people as I transition out the military, is that just because you have the experience, does it mean that you know every single thing. Being humble is part of being a leader. I work in a squadron that has airmen first class that were lawyers prior to join the military. I squadron who have airmen who have in bio engineering. And a military sometimes we tend to look at rank as their level of experience. And maybe back in the day that was the case, but nowadays we cannot judge somebody based off their rank or position. The majority of people that come in nowadays have more computer experience than we do. Unfortunately, some of us were not even around when the computer was not even available to everybody.( somebody had a Commodore 64.😬) If you’re the smartest person in the room then you’re in the room with either a bunch people who will agree with anything just to not cause an argument or lose favor, or you’ve employed the wrong people. If you can go to a staff meeting, if you can go to any meeting and not learn a single thing, not gain any information, or not have somebody in the room that has input that you don’t know or learn from, you don’t have the right team with you. #leadership #experience #humility

In what year did the U.S. Army Signal Corps acquire its first airplane, the Wright Model A Flyer? A: 1903 👍 B: 1915 ❤️ C: 1921 😂 D: 1909 😮 The Wright Military Flyer is the world's first military airplane. Satisfying all requirements, the Army purchased the airplane for $30,000, and conducted flight training with it at nearby College Park, Maryland, and at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas. Comment your answer below: ⤵️ #AFResearchLab | #ThrowbackThursday| #AviationHistory | #CoolTech