Download or read book Bridging the Military Civilian Divide written by Bruce Fleming and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civilians and military personnel do not have a clear view of each other in the United States today. Conspiring against such understanding are the norms and traditions of the two cultures. On the one hand, the military is considered to like its secrecy and think of itself as morally superior to the civilians it is meant to serve. On the other hand, civilians praise or blame the armed forces based on political exigencies and generally without true comprehension of their culture. And their mutual misperceptions seem greater now than in the late 1960s and early 1970s during the Vietnam War. Yet, as U.S. Naval Academy professor Bruce Fleming points out, the military is linked to the civilian world so fundamentally that all of us pay the price if they do not develop an appreciation of one another--but that is achievable only if each side also strives to see itself clearly. As the military fulfills its mission of protecting Americans and their way of life, civilians must also do their part and support the military through budget allocations, legislation, and enlistment. Without this shared commitment, American interests suffer as a whole. Fleming shows how to close a military-civilian gap that yawns so large in twenty-first-century America that it potentially threatens national security and essential freedoms.
Download or read book Bridging the Military civilian Divide written by Bruce Edward Fleming and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How civilians and the military can better understand each other
Download or read book Understanding the Impact of Department of Defense Youth Programs on Bridging the Civilian Military Divide written by Stephani L. Wrabel and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors assess school leaders' awareness and perception of Department of Defense youth programs, the ways such programs build connections with communities, and the extent to which these programs help bridge the civilian-military divide.
Download or read book Bridging the Civil Military Gap written by Judith K. Lemire and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridging the Civil Military Gap written by Judith K. Lemire and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers have identified a "civil-military gap," an observable cultural distinction between members of the American military.
Download or read book Soldiers and Civilians written by Peter Feaver and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the emerging military-civilian divide in the United States.
Download or read book The Civil military Gap in the United States written by Thomas S. Szayna and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the potential for a divergence in views among civilian and military elites (sometimes referred to as the civil-military gap) to undermine military effectiveness? Although a variety of differences were found among the views of military and civilian survey respondents, these differences mostly disappeared when the authors focused on the attitudes that are pertinent to civilian control of the military and military effectiveness.
Download or read book Resolving the Civilian military Divide Through an Examination of Select Members of the United States Army Profession written by Caitlin Bankhead and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the conclusion of the Vietnam War, the American public and the Armed Forces have steadily drifted apart. This has resulted in a division between the people of the nation and the individuals that defend its values. Consequently, as this division increases, the American public is thankful of military servicemen, but believes that service is something others should do. Conversely, the military’s sole purpose is to protect and defend the nation, its people, and its values, but it has become more isolated. Additionally, military service is becoming a family tradition in which outsiders cannot easily understand the values and pride of service. This gap is further perpetuated by incongruences between the media’s portrayal of the military—in movies and on the news—and what real military life consists of. This is problematic because both parties are crucial to the other’s success. If the military does not understand the public, it cannot represent and protect its ideologies, likewise, if the people do not understand the military, they will lose sight of what the true cost of freedom is, as well as, implement policies that prevent the military from accomplishing its mission set. Due to the disproportionate representation of the military within the nation—less than 1% of the total population- this study will examine the civilian-military divide from the perspective of the military. Through a careful analysis of the U.S. Army profession, and the information collected from soldier interviews, several issues were identified as the primary factors in the current division. The first factor to forging partnerships is that both parties must have a desire to be involved. The second factor to overcome is perceptions about the military that are created through media. The third factor, is a general misconception regarding what the true Army profession is and what it entails. This issue is common in both civilian and military settings. The final factor is that some civilians are ignorant about the day-to-day operation of the military, believing the military to be in a perpetual state of combat. The analysis of these contentions has produced the following objectives: 1. Define the Army profession 2. Differentiate soldiers from media portrayals 3. Examine soldier involvement in their community In addressing these objectives, this study will use an ethnographic approach to ascertain how members of the 25th Infantry Division conceptualize themselves. Twenty soldiers were interviewed and asked questions regarding their assessments of the Army profession, life in the military, and their involvement in the community. The information derived from these interviews was used to determine essential themes within the Army community and capture these themes on film. The final compilation consisted of a photo-essay that explains a key tenet of military culture and provides a visualization of the military experience. The aim of this compilation is to take an initial step toward the resolution of the civilian-military divide by breaking down current perceptions of the military and defining the life of a service member.
Download or read book The Great American Divide written by Ralph G. Higgins (III.) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all volunteer force of the United States military has produced a military society and culture that is becoming increasingly detached from the greater United States' society that it is sworn to protect. This military-civilian gap is a threat to the United States in that it is potentially producing a military society that deems itself morally superior to civilian society, with military leaders that are cut from the same ideological molds, which invites a group think mentality. Conversely, the military-civilian gap is also producing a civilian population governed by civilian leaders that have an inadequate understanding of military force, its limitations, and its true costs in lives and treasure in providing for the security of the nation. Taken to its extreme, the military-civilian gap can result in a military that is contemptuous of the greater American society and an American public that is so disconnected from the military class that it fails to value or question the employment of American military forces. This paper will discuss the military-civilian gap, its causes, issues and dangers to the United States and will offer solutions to address this problem.
Download or read book BRIDGING CIVIL MILITARY GAP Strategies for Robust Relationships and Successful Operations written by Anthonia Egbujiobi and published by Anthonia Egbujiobi Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-22 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely and relevant book, Flight Lieutenant Anthonia Egbujiobi presents facts and figures from her detailed research on curbing insecurity and calls for co-operation between the military and civilians as the way to combating insecurity. The book also suggests how this collaboration can and should be achieved. She was inspired to author this book when she was nominated by the United Nations to serve in Congo as a military observer. Her experiences about the programmes and empowerment schemes she conducted in Congo - which earned her a recognition and award by the UN and Nigerian Air Force — with the peoples and communities where she served are documented in her first book titled, Building Castles With Pebbles.
Download or read book The Great American Divide written by United States Army War College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-26 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all volunteer force of the United States military has produced a military society and culture that is becoming increasingly detached from the greater United States' society that it is sworn to protect. This military–civilian gap is a threat to the United States in that it is potentially producing a military society that deems itself morally superior to civilian society, with military leaders that are cut from the same ideological molds, which invites a group think mentality. Conversely, the military–civilian gap is also producing a civilian population governed by civilian leaders that have an inadequate understanding of military force, its limitations, and its true costs in lives and treasure in providing for the security of the nation. Taken to its extreme, the military–civilian gap can result in a military that is contemptuous of the greater American society and an American public that is so disconnected from the military class that it fails to value or question the employment of American military forces. This book will discuss the military–civilian gap, its causes, issues and dangers to the United States and will offer solutions to address this problem.
Download or read book Military Justice written by Eugene R. Fidell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an accessible and honest assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of military justice around the world, with particular emphasis on the US, UK, and Canada.
Download or read book Enduring Battle written by Christopher H. Hamner and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, battlefields have placed a soldier's instinct for self-preservation in direct opposition to the army's insistence that he do his duty and put himself in harm's way. Enduring Battle looks beyond advances in weaponry to examine changes in warfare at the very personal level. Drawing on the combat experiences of American soldiers in three widely separated wars-the Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II-Christopher Hamner explores why soldiers fight in the face of terrifying lethal threats and how they manage to suppress their fears, stifle their instincts, and marshal the will to kill other humans. Hamner contrasts the experience of infantry combat on the ground in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when soldiers marched shoulder-to-shoulder in linear formations, with the experiences of dispersed infantrymen of the mid-twentieth century. Earlier battlefields prized soldiers who could behave as stoic automatons; the modern dispersed battlefield required soldiers who could act autonomously. As the range and power of weapons removed enemies from view, combat became increasingly depersonalized, and soldiers became more isolated from their comrades and even imagined that the enemy was targeting them personally. What's more, battles lengthened so that exchanges of fire that lasted an hour during the Revolutionary War became round-the-clock by World War II. The book's coverage of training and leadership explores the ways in which military systems have attempted to deal with the problem of soldiers' fear in battle and contrasts leadership in the linear and dispersed tactical systems. Chapters on weapons and comradeship then discuss soldiers' experiences in battle and the relationships that informed and shaped those experiences. Hamner highlights the ways in which the "band of brothers" phenomenon functioned differently in the three wars and shows that training, conditioning, leadership, and other factors affect behavior much more than political ideology. He also shows how techniques to motivate soldiers evolved, from the linear system's penalties for not fighting to modern efforts to convince soldiers that participation in combat would actually maximize their own chances for survival. Examining why soldiers continue to fight when their strong instinct is to flee, Enduring Battle challenges long-standing notions that high ideals and small unit bonds provide sufficient explanation for their behavior. Offering an innovative way to analyze the factors that enable soldiers to face the prospect of death or debilitating wounds, it expands our understanding of the evolving nature of warfare and its warriors.
Download or read book American Civil Military Relations written by Suzanne C. Nielsen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: politics, and national security policy.--John R. Ballard "On Point"
Download or read book Warriors and Citizens written by Jim Mattis and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds between the American military and its broader public, analyze whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of public support for the military combined with very low levels of trust in elected political leaders—both recurring themes in their research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect us. Contributors: Rosa Brooks, Matthew Colford,Thomas Donnelly, Peter Feaver, Jim Golby, Jim Hake, Tod Lindberg, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Cody Poplin, Nadia Schadlow, A. J. Sugarman, Lindsay Cohn Warrior, Benjamin Wittes
Download or read book Military Reserves written by David Paul Filer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shrinking the Civil military Divide written by William J. Bartolomea and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following a decade of war, the civil-military divide in the United States continues to occupy deep discussion on military bases, in university classrooms, journalistic conference rooms, the Pentagon, and on Capitol Hill. Much of the study of the divide in the civil-military relationship focuses on civilian control of the military, and attempts to remedy this divide through civilian actions. Expanding on the focus of study heretofore--and using a new paradigm employing a version of the Clausewitzian trinity represented by the military, the people, and the government--the author identifies four areas of civil-military divide: The Culture Divide, the Control Divide, the Connectivity Divide, and the Knowledge Divide. The author recommends methods to improve each divide from a military perspective, with the intent of spurring further study and discussion. The ultimate aim of this essay is to foster understanding and trust to improve United States foreign policy related to security and the military instrument of power."--Abstract
