I originally published this article as a Leadership Fellow at the Center for Junior Officers, which can be found here at the Center for Junior Officer’s website. Imagine that you are a young officer arriving to your new unit, perhaps even your first duty station. This may be the first time in your life that…
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This article was originally published through the Field Grade Leader’s Leader Development initiative. The original publication can be found at http://fieldgradeleader.themilitaryleader.com/lpd-plaziak/. Thank you to the Field Grade Leader for allowing me to participate in this awesome initiative. Leader development is the crux of turning Soldiers into Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in the United States Army….
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This article was originally published on October 1st, 2018 by the Field Grade Leader as a guest post for his series on digital leadership. The original publication can be found here. Information moves faster than ever before in today’s age. 24-hour news media and social media allows for instant publication from anyone that has access to…
Continue reading →For the past two weeks, I’ve been participating in a Brigade-wide TOCEX. For those who haven’t participated in one yet, a TOCEX is an exercise in which the Tactical Operations Centers are established, the staff at the Brigade and Battalion conduct planning via the Military Decision-Making Process, and (in our case) the plan is executed…
Continue reading →In May 2018, I was promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain in the United States Army. By that time, I had served as a Troop Fire Support Officer, a Platoon Leader, a Battalion Fire Support Officer, Battalion S4, and an Assistant Brigade Fire Support Officer. I was proud of all I had done and took…
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