Connected Soldiers

Autorentext

John Spencer is the chair of Urban Warfare Studies with the Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy. He also serves as a colonel in the California State Guard with assignment to the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, as the director of Urban Warfare Training. He served twenty-five years on active duty in the U.S. Army as an infantry soldier and is a highly decorated combat veteran.

Klappentext

In Connected Soldiers John Spencer delivers lessons about how to build teams in a way that overcomes the distractions of home and the outside world, without reducing the benefits gained from connections to family.

Zusammenfassung
In Connected Soldiers John Spencer delivers lessons about how to build teams in a way that overcomes the distractions of home and the outside world, without reducing the benefits gained from connections to family.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
U.S. Army Formations and Rank Structure
List of Abbreviations

1. What We Believe and Know about Combat Cohesion
2. Welcome to the Platoon (Primary Group Cohesion)
3. Jump Right into It (Shared Combat Experiences)
4. Home Away from Home (Shared Living Hardships)
5. I Can’t Leave (Group Identity)
6. A Different Army and a Different War
7. Get the Internet Back Up!
8. Conditions for Social Cohesion to Form
9. Connected and Fighting
10. Protecting and Building the Full Team
11. A Winning Team
12. On the Other End of Connected Warfare
    Conclusion
    Epilogue
    Notes
    Index