How Do You Develop Leaders?
"Leadership is Intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it."
– General of the Army, Omar N. Bradley
Freshmen through seniors train on basic military skills and are afforded a unique opportunity to perfect value-based leadership skills through hands-on application. Some of the unique skills learned are learned in the following courses:
Military Science I
(View Military Science I syllabus) (primarily freshman year)
- Introduction to leadership (values, attributes, skills, actions)
- Personal development (time management, stress management, health and fitness, goal setting, and communications)
- Officership and the army profession
- Orienteering, map reading, land navigation, basic tactics
Military Science II
(View Military Science II syllabus) (usually sophomore year)
- Foundations of leadership (team building, situational leadership, adaptive leadership, leadership analysis)
- Personal development (briefings, interpersonal communication, effective writing, advanced time management)
- Army values and ethics, consideration of others
- Officership (Introduction of Principles of War, terrorism awareness)
- Advanced map reading, terrain analysis, route planning, problem solving, battle drills, offensive operations
- Advanced Course – Professional Military Education – Commissioning
Military Science III
(View Military Science III syllabus) (junior year)
- Adaptive Team Leadership (team dynamics, developing future leaders, leadership styles and behavior)
- Personal Development (effective communications, stress management)
- Army Values and Ethics (Warrior Ethos), risk management
- Advanced map reading, intelligence preparation of the battlefield, troop leading procedures, squad tactics
Leadership Development Assessment Course
(Warrior Forge at Ft. Lewis, Wash.) (usually summer after junior year)
Military Science IV
(View Military Science IV syllabus) (senior year)
- Developmental and adaptive leadership (physical fitness programs, effective communications)
- Military professional ethics, ethical decision-making, code of conduct, rules of engagement, cultural awareness
- Training, risk management process, counseling, evaluation reports, career management
- Military decision-making process, organization for combat, supply and logistics, military history
