Deployment-related Professional Development Resources

I know that units ramping up for a deployment are incredibly busy. You want to conduct professional-development sessions on deployment-related topics but may struggle to find the time to prepare them. In conjunction with your Association of the United States Army, for whom I’ve written for over a decade, we offer this compilation of off-the-shelf LPD packages. Each topic includes 2-3 articles from AUSA’s monthly ARMY magazine. We are pleased to support your professional-development program. 

Enforcing Standards within Bounds of Mission Command

Bending the Rules: Ambiguous Standards, Falsified Records Cause Ethical Harm 

Standards on Remote Outposts 

Ethical Standards on Deployment

Leading our Soldiers to Fight with Honor 

Divergent Ethics: Advising a Foreign Partner Who Has a Different Moral Code 

Preparing for and Dealing with Death

Zero KIA’s as an Organizational Goal?  

Leadership and the Death of a Soldier 

Leading our Soldiers After They Lose One of Their Own 

Preparing for and Dealing with Killing in War

A Moral Justification for Killing in War

Observations about Soldiers’ Experiences of Killing in War 

Preventing and Healing Moral Wounds of War

How Leaders Can Combat Moral Injury in their Troops 

Know Thy Enemy: Better Understanding Foes Can Prevent Debilitating Hatred 

The Military Leader’s Role in Mitigating Moral Injury 

The Experience of Being Wounded in War

Leading our Wounded Warriors

A Wounded Lieutenant’s Journey

Post-Deployment Stress, Support and Healing

Supporting a Combat-Veteran’s Family 

Part III of The Military Leader’s Role in Mitigating Moral Injury 

The "Company Command" column in ARMY ran from 2005-2015 and refers often to the Company Command forum, which over the years evolved into the Junior Officer Forum,  https://juniorofficer.army.mil  I encourage junior officers and cadets to join their professional forum.