The Armed Forces Officer : 2007 Edition /

Initiated in 1950, this 2007 edition is the latest in a classic series of books of the same title. Journalist-historian S. L. A. Marshall wrote the first at the behest of Gen. George C. Marshall, who formed the great citizen army of World War II. The general believed officers of all services needed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2007]
Edición:2007 edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States > Armed Forces > Officers' handbooks.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Foreword / by the Honorable Ike Skelton (D-MO)
  • Introduction : the meaning of the commission
  • 1. The citizen-soldier--an American tradition of military service
  • 2. The profession of arms
  • 3. Member of a profession
  • 4. Defender of the constitution and servant of the nation
  • 5. Character : nobility of life and action
  • 6. Leadership
  • 7. Responsibility, accountability, and discipline
  • 8. Service identity and joint warfighting
  • 9. An ancient and honorable calling
  • Appendix 1. Founding documents
  • The Declaration of independence : a transcription
  • The Constitution of the United States : a transcription
  • Appendix 2. Authorizing statutes for the armed forces
  • Appendix 3. Service values
  • Appendix 4. Code of conduct for members of the United States Armed Forces
  • Appendix 5. Keeping your house in order
  • Appendix 6. "The meaning of your commission" from the 1950 edition of the Armed forces officer
  • Foundations of an officer’s library.

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