What is a particular problem with poor leadership in the Army? What approach or plan can we take to improve it?

SGT (Join to see) - I think a lot of "leaders" are afraid to stand up TO soldiers these days.

CSM great point. I cannot agree with you more but we all know that a lot of NCO's do believe you can inspect and train from behind a computer screen. Believe me being a 42A some of my soldiers love being behind that screen. That's why I make time every week to get outside and do some good ol army training

in the rc we have alot of on line trianing to do, but what ends up happening is the sms dont do it at home which by the way is faster, instead we had to do it at the unit, which took all day, which then in turn deleteted any other good training because of suspence dates from higher, when i was ca i would get my ass handed to me if this wasnt done prior to drill, in med unit the excusses i dont get paid for was the biggest.

SGT (Join to see) - YOU ARE SO RIGHT... NO ONE HAS THE BALLS TO TELL THE POS PANZY POTUS .... NO!!!

Working with AIT Privates, under the auspices of TRADOC Regulation 350-6 is an eye opening experience for every NCO that enters this "position of trust" (look that one up). My latest favorite ruling - our privates cannot carry rucksacks anymore, and must tote their gear in a laundry bag so that the rucks don't tear up the bus seats. Required to get one hour of "personal" time each night, with no less than seven hours of sleep. And one of our Commanders required the Drill Sergeants be "nice".

The problem is that Soldiers have more ways to report Seniors for doing their jobs. We should go back to the days where we mold Soldiers to be able to deal with the issues associated with war.

Teaching soldiers to deal with issues goes all the way back to their parents they come to us with none of life's skills which we were given by our parents so its a up hill battle from the word go but now we are starting at the bottom of the hill instead of somewhere in the middle.

Oh I will report abuse of power and disrespect of Army Regulations by my superiors! Army Regulations are NOT a guide they are the LAW!

MAJ (Join to see) - I'm actually haven't arrived to my unit yet. In my enlisted time I witnessed a number of scenarios (particularly property issues) take the wind out of the sails of some great leaders. They were basically thrown under bus and/or did not get the kind of help that other PLs and NCOs could've offered.

Sir, I agree it has very tangible and objective benefits, but I believe it can contribute to a separation in aid among peers. Ideally this would not happen, but it solely depends on the personality of those PLs/NCOs. If the commander is unable to pick up on those dynamics, it may not be addressed and therefore reflect on an NCOER or OER.

I believe it has it's good and bad points. It's just one of the potential reasons for the more recent issues in Army leadership.

I see your point however, I see this as a possible fix to the current problem. Officers who are consistently rated low "shouldn't" be promoted to MAJ. The only people who wont like it are those who are always rated at the bottom of their class.

unfortunately my co was an ltc but because of the issue in his command he had to retire as a maj

Well Sir's this coming from a lowly SSG, I completely agree with 2Lt Everett it is all about the glamor and the schools and has nothing to do with Competence I have watched SMs and Officers walk up the ladder and yet have no idea how to do their job let alone teach someone how to do theirs. Do you remember one of your jobs as a leader is to teach your juniors to do your job and for you to learn the job of the person above you. Start adding merit to the promotion consideration again. Over the years I have been in front of many promotion boards even competed for NCO of the year a few times and I have turned and walked out of many of them if half way thru the interview all the questions I get are, repeat the Soldiers creed, the NCOs creed, the army song, the army values, AR670 quotes, on and on like that I generally say thank you but apparently you don't care if I can do my job or lead troops you care if I can Memorize poems and Reg's. I cant tell you how many NCO's and Officers I saw while deployed that were a dam embarrassment had no idea how to lead and do their jobs.