#CCLKOW: The Officer’s Guide to Breaking Rules

Greetings CCLKOW readers. This week brings the return of the Fighting Sailor, with a thought provoking post on rules breaking within the necessary strict discipline of the armed forces. Examining the contending forces of trust and risk, the piece…

‘A two thousand pound education dropped by a ten-rupee jezail’

A scrimmage in a Border Station — 
 A canter down some dark defile — 
 Two thousand pounds of education
 Drops to a ten-rupee jezail — 
 The Crammer’s boast, the Squadron’s pride,
 Shot like a rabbit in a ride!
 
 No…

SHE FIGHTS

This piece continues the Twitter based professional conversation between military leaders in the United States and faculty and students at…

Response to #ReadingWomen

Eric M. Murphy

On Your First Day as a Platoon Leader

CCLKOW is a weekly conversation on military affairs jointly hosted by the Center for Company-Level Leaders (CCL) at the US Military Academy at West Point and the Kings of War (KOW), a blog of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. The views…

What’s in a Leadership Philosophy?

This piece continues the Twitter based professional conversation between military leaders in the…

#CCLKOW: Colonel Laurens: Women in the Combat Arms? ‘It’s so bloody obvious we should do it.’

Dear readers, this week brings the return of Colonel Laurens, who has written on women in close combat. Understanding in general terms that his views were on the positive…

Performance Management in the Army: A New-Age Review

CCLKOW is a weekly conversation on military affairs jointly hosted by the Center for Company-Level Leaders (CCL) at the US Military Academy at West Point and the Kings of War (KOW), a blog of the Department of War Studies, King’s College…

Adaptive and Innovative Soldiers and Leaders: Cognitive Skills at Echelon