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The Role of Mentors in Culture Change
Last fall, the Association of the U.S. Army hosted its annual conference in Washington D.C. with a notable change. The organization is...
Jim Perkins
Jan 30, 20174 min read


Building a Master-Apprentice Framework
Welcome to our first guest post of 2017! This week’s guest author is Garret Gatzemeyer, an Army intelligence officer and a professor of...
Garret Gatzemeyer
Jan 16, 20175 min read


Welcome to 2017 – A Reflection
Our team here at MilitaryMentors.org would like to wish you a happy and prosperous new year. We are very glad to be a continued presence...
james35611
Jan 2, 20172 min read


The Importance of Understanding How Members of Your Team Learn
This week’s post comes from Lieutenant Colonel Eric McCoy, sitting Battalion Commander of 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker...
Eric McCoy
Dec 19, 20165 min read


Celestial Career Navigation
Photo by Denis Degioanni on Unsplash Have you ever gone for a walk with no particular destination in mind? For people in the military,...
Jim Perkins
Dec 5, 20163 min read


Messaging Matters (Part IV): Standing Priorities
This is the last in a series of four articles on the topic of why messaging matters. During the first edition I introduced the importance...
Doug Brown
Nov 14, 20166 min read


Messaging Matters (Part III): Staff Philosophy
This is the third of four articles on the topic of messaging. In the first I introduced the importance of personal refection and the...
Doug Brown
Oct 24, 20165 min read


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...
james35611
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...
james35611
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...
james35611
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...
james35611
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
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