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Competent, Confident, and Agile

FM 6-22

Army Leadership

The Army Leadership Requirements Model

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KNOW

DO

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Leadership – What is it?

Leadership is influencing people – by providing purpose, direction, and motivation – while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization.

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Leadership

What are some traits that are displayed by successful leaders of the past?

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Values

Attitudes about worth of people, concepts, beliefs, etc., that tell us what we need to be

Army Values Principles, standards, and qualities

considered essential for Army leaders Must exist 24x7 in all Soldiers for a unit to

operate at peak performance

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“LDRSHIP”

Loyalty

Duty

Respect

Selfless Service

Honor

Integrity

Personal Courage

No single element is more important than the othersNo single element is more important than the others

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Loyalty

Loyalty to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers

Gift given when the leader deserves it

Loyalty to subordinates

Loyalty is the big thing, the greatest battle of all. But no man ever wins the loyalty of troops by preaching loyalty. It is given him by them as he proves his possession of other virtues

BG S.L.A. MarshallMen Against Fire (1947)

Loyalty is the big thing, the greatest battle of all. But no man ever wins the loyalty of troops by preaching loyalty. It is given him by them as he proves his possession of other virtues

BG S.L.A. MarshallMen Against Fire (1947)

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Duty

Fulfill your obligations

Beyond the requirements of law, regulation and orders

To refuse an illegal order

I go anywhere in the world they tell me to go, any time they tell me to, to fight anybody they want me to fight. I move my family anywhere they tell me to move, on a day’s notice and live in whatever quarters they assign me. . . And I like it.

James H. WebbFormer U.S. Marine and Sec of

the Navy (1987-1988)

I go anywhere in the world they tell me to go, any time they tell me to, to fight anybody they want me to fight. I move my family anywhere they tell me to move, on a day’s notice and live in whatever quarters they assign me. . . And I like it.

James H. WebbFormer U.S. Marine and Sec of

the Navy (1987-1988)

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Respect

Treat people as they should be treated

The regard and recognition of the absolute dignity that every human being possesses

He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself, while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.

MG John M. SchofieldAddress to U.S. Corps of Cadets, 11 August 1879

He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself, while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.

MG John M. SchofieldAddress to U.S. Corps of Cadets, 11 August 1879

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Selfless Service

Put the welfare of the Nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own

Military – “the Service”

[A]sk not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

John F. KennedyInaugural speech as 35th

President of the U.S. (1961)

[A]sk not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

John F. KennedyInaugural speech as 35th

President of the U.S. (1961)

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Honor Live up to all the

Army Values Moral compass for

character and personal conduct

Put Army values above self-preservation

War must be carried on systematically, and to do it you must have men of character activated by principles of honor.

George WashingtonCommander, Continental Army

(1775-81), President of the U.S. (1789-1797)

War must be carried on systematically, and to do it you must have men of character activated by principles of honor.

George WashingtonCommander, Continental Army

(1775-81), President of the U.S. (1789-1797)

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Integrity

Do what is right, legally and morally

High moral standards

Honest in word and deed

No nation can safely trust its martial honor to leaders who do not maintain the universal code which distinguishes between those things that are right and those things that are wrong.

GEN Douglas MacArthurPatriot Hearts (2000)

No nation can safely trust its martial honor to leaders who do not maintain the universal code which distinguishes between those things that are right and those things that are wrong.

GEN Douglas MacArthurPatriot Hearts (2000)

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Personal Courage Face fear, danger,

or adversity Physical

Overcome fear of bodily harm

Moral Candor Take responsibility

Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.

CPT Eddie RickenbackerU.S. Army Air Corps, WW I

Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.

CPT Eddie RickenbackerU.S. Army Air Corps, WW I

The concept of professional courage . . . also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.

William ConnellySMA (1979-1983)

The concept of professional courage . . . also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.

William ConnellySMA (1979-1983)

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Empathy

Experience something from someone else’s point of view

Identify with another’s feelings & emotions

Desire to care for and take care of Soldiers & others

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Warrior Ethos I will always place

the mission first I will never accept

defeat I will never quit I will never leave a

fallen comrade

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

GEN George S. PattonCavalry Journal (1933)

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

GEN George S. PattonCavalry Journal (1933)

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PE – The CLP

A combat logistical patrol you are leading is attacked. An IED detonates, destroys your lead and second vehicles, and also damages several others. Then small arms fire riddles the CLP. Your unit responds in the appropriate manner, IAW your unit SOPs and immediate action drills. As your CLP members secure the immediate area and begin to clear some small buildings in the immediate area, you notify your Company CP and request MEDEVAC for your WIA and KIA. All is now quiet.

In the process of clearing the buildings, your platoon discovers one seriously wounded local national, one KIA, and the platoon takes three other men into custody. None of the three is armed but a weapons cache, ammunition, documents, and explosives are discovered in an adjacent room.

When those taken into custody are brought to you, it is clear the men have been injured, possibly beaten. Some of the detainees require medical attention for their injuries but none appear to be seriously injured. You provide a SITREP back to the Company CP. They notify you that assistance and the commander are enroute.

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PE – Part I

1. What is your next action?

2. What do you do about those in custody that appear to have been beaten?

3. How would this be different if a female were taken into custody?

4. Do you have any further responsibility?