History - Why it's Important for Today's Military
History (Major)
Military History
I have a great respect for all history to include Military
History. I will admit the Air Defense Museum needs a lot of work to which my
Soldiers and I have donated numerous hours to cleaning and helping with exhibits.
I helped establish the history papers that we have the student complete and the
best is chosen and the author receives a COA at graduation. I went to BNCOC and
we had to write a historical paper on our time in combat. I have donated a few
artifacts to my 14G school house and to the ADA museum. I ask the Soldier
history questions not only about the military but overall American history for
instance… what is the most famous battle of the war of 1812/ what treaty ended
the war of 1812? When did the battle of New Orleans happen? Why is that
significant?
The other SGT Riser will most likely respond to this thread
and she is also a history buff, I have acquired for her to list a few
Most are displayed in her office and were mistakenly stolen
from her office due to the fact not even the museum had document like these.
Original hand written art. 15 for three AWOL soldiers Signed
by MG Leonard Wood
Manuals for Courts Martial from 1910 to present
Military Court summons,
I am so infatuated with history I am actually a part of my
ADA history in the museum
I am a firm believer that if our Soldiers do not learn and
study our history we will continue to make the same mistakes and the overall
knowledge of who we are as a military and a country.
Also included some pictures of the Soldier learning about our histoy at the museum and my baby PSYCHO WARD after the dedication in the museum
It allows you to know where we have come from and give a look into where we may be going based on actions of today and plans for the future, short and to the point.
The history of where we have come from gives our younger Soldiers something that they can use to understand why some things that are a part of our heritage exist and why they should understand it and embrace it as well.
I agree that understanding history and the impacts of relationships are very important. Where history is taught is a challenge for me.
I thought about this and I truly do not believe IET is the right place. I don't know what we'd remove from the POI and, would we want the Drill Sergeant to instruct this class? Nothing against Drill Sergeant however, if you ask them I am sure they'd rather do some reinforcement training elsewhere.
It could be some "required reading" prior to completing each level of the structured self development, not sure but I am against adding it to the IET POI without a recommendation for removing something already within the POI. There are requirements (350-6 requirements) that mandate specific training and methodologies as well and when we keep piling on to the requirements, we really leave no room for the leader to develop themselves or their subordinates - we have to leave some time on the training calendars.
When I went through WOCS, we had some history classes that were very well done. We went on a trip to Andersonville to check out the Confederate prison. By the time we were finished, I was able to teach a class on the subject. I found the overall understanding of history taught in WOCS to be beneficial. Learning history makes me think... It spawns ideas, which I use to make decisions. I am especially interested in turning points in history. Pivotal decisions, often by one person, that have altered the course of events so significantly, life would not be as it is today if they hadn't happened.
The best example I can give is the crossing of the Rubicon River by Caesar and his troops.
The Battle of Marathon is another.
More recently, I think of Hitler's refusal to reenforce his defenses at Normandy instead of Calais.
If you have not an understanding of history you could be caught flat-footed by the enemy.
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