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ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE??

Scholar - Are you scholastically focused and have the mental toughness to achieve your ultimate dreams?

Athlete - Are you physically fit and able to be a team player?

Leader - Are you physically and mentally ready to lead men and women, set the example, and make people strive to be better in everything they set out to do? 

Today's Army is the most technologically advanced fighting force the world has ever known! The officers required in today's army have to be the best, physically and mentally, to handle not only the technology but the challenges of today's world. 



"Senior-level leadership is the art of direct and indirect influence and the skill of creating the conditions for sustained organizational success to achieve the desired result. But, above all, it is the art of taking a vision of what must be done, communicating it in a way that the intent is clearly understood, and then being tough enough to ensure its execution."

The traditional leadership principles, the basis for the practice of good leadership, are necessary for a successful career as an officer in the United States Army. 

These time-tested principles provide all leaders with a common understanding of those skills necessary to lead, motivate, and inspire others:

1.) Know yourself and seek self-improvement.

2.) Be technically and tactically proficient.

3.) Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.

4.) Make sound and timely decisions.

5.) Set the example.

6.) Know your soldiers and look out for their well-being

7.) Keep your soldiers informed.

8.) Develop a sense of responsibility in your subordinates.

9.) Ensure that the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished.

10.) Train your soldiers as a team.

11.) employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities.

To be an effective leader you not only need the right principles but the right values as well. The army values are the most important part of being an officer and it defines what an officer is. 

1.) Loyalty

2.) Duty

3.) Respect

4.) Selfless-Service

5.) Honor

6.) Integrity

7.) Personal Courage

 

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