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Messaging Matters (Part II): Leader Philosophy
This is the second in a series of four articles regarding philosophy, methods to maximize messaging, and why the degree of effectiveness...
Doug Brown
Oct 10, 20165 min read


Messaging Matters (Part 1) – Organizational Philosophy
This is the first in a series of four articles regarding philosophy, messaging, and why it requires a lot of thought, effort, and...
Doug Brown
Sep 26, 20166 min read


“I’m Just…”
This week’s guest post is from LTC Rick Black, currently a history professor at West Point. Would you like to start a conversation with...
Rick Black
Sep 12, 20166 min read


Grit and Motivation Pt. II
Reaching the summit has been great. Everyone has been bringing out their random flags, shirts, school paraphernalia, and other mementos...

Chevy Cook
Aug 29, 20164 min read


Grit and Motivation
Even as the cold, piercing wind nips at your face, sweat drips off of your brow and into your eye as you gaze up at the summit of Mount...

Chevy Cook
Aug 16, 20165 min read


Building Relationships with Mentors
MilitaryMentors.org connects military professionals to each other and to professional development resources so that they can thrive as...
Mike Erwin
Aug 4, 20163 min read


Mentoring: The Light That Shines On The Path of Success
This week’s post is a guest article from Xkoshan Arnold, a veteran Army officer, that takes a very practical look at how you get into...
Xkoshan Arnold
Jul 26, 20165 min read


Grit and the All-Volunteer Force
MilitaryMentors.org is a platform to connect military professionals to each other and the resources they need for development. We’re...

Chevy Cook
Jul 18, 20164 min read


The Hard Thing About Hard Things
MilitaryMentors.org is a platform to connect military professionals to each other and the resources they need for development. We’re...
Jim Perkins
Jul 11, 20164 min read


You Can Learn A Little Something From Everyone
This month we will take the time to look at motivation. To start us off, this week’s guest post is from Wes Bailey, a former Army...
Wes Bailey
Jul 5, 20164 min read


If You’re Off Course, How Does One Right The Ship?
This week’s post revisits some of the theory behind leadership with respect to the Army as a profession. Some may look at the military as...

Chevy Cook
Jun 27, 20165 min read


The Overlooked Mentors: Tying it all Together
Please enjoy the final post from MAJ Terron Wharton’s four part series on how NCO mentorship develops officers. What an amazing journey...
Terron Wharton
Jun 20, 20163 min read


The Overlooked Mentors: Developing a Commander’s Judgment
This is our third post in a series of guest posts from Terron Wharton. Here he takes it up to the next level, looking at the NCO’s...
Terron Wharton
Jun 13, 20164 min read


The Overlooked Mentors: Growing Platoon Leader Competence
Check out our second post from Terron Wharton in his multi-part guest post on the non-commissioned officer role in mentorship. Hopefully...
Terron Wharton
Jun 6, 20164 min read


The Overlooked Mentors: Establishing Character
This week’s post starts a four part series from guest poster Terron Wharton, an active duty US Army Armor Major. He has served as a...
Terron Wharton
May 31, 20164 min read


Welcoming the New Leaders
Throwback Thursday? Our founders met in June 2002 as New Cadet Perkins and Cadet Sergeant Cook and the mentoring and learning have not...
Jim Perkins
May 18, 20165 min read


Mentorship and the Prisoner’s Dillemna
This week’s commentary is a guest post by Eli Rothblatt, a prior-enlisted Soldier turned Captain currently out at the Army Logistics...
Eli Rothblatt
May 9, 20163 min read


Launching the New Military Mentors
Today is the launch day that we’ve been awaiting for 6 months. We’ve taken your feedback and made MilitaryMentors.org into something...
Jim Perkins
May 2, 20164 min read


Our Past Defines Us
This week’s post continues our #Reflection series. Guest poster Boyd Melson, cofounder of the non-profit http://teamfighttowalk.com/,...
Boyd Melson
Apr 25, 20164 min read


Solitude and Military Leadership
This week’s post is part three in the #Reflection Series. Our co-founder Jim takes a page from William Deresiewicz, Columbia University...
Jim Perkins
Apr 18, 20163 min read
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