MISSION COMMANDDISCUSSIONPurposeThe purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate an understanding of the Mission Command.BackgroundThe following observation resulted from Warfighting exercises conducted by the Mission Command Training Program: Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) within each node do not have a clear description of their roles and responsibilities.
Often, NCOs are empowered with the appropriate authority, but they do not have a clear role besides what they are working on at that time. For example, when battle NCOs have a clear job, they become a single point of failure, as the unit does not have a replacement for those NCOs.
Discussion Question:Define Mission Command (MC) in your own words and explain, through the principles of MC and the Leadership Requirements Model, how to prevent becoming a single point of failure. Elaborate by identifying the single most important principle(to you)for the success of MC.
Provide an example of how you have employed the principle you selected.Resource
RequirementsMission Command LessonArticle: Mission Command:
A Senior Enlisted Leader’s PerspectiveExpectations1. You must submit an initial response to the discussion question. Your initial response must: -be a minimum of 250 words (We are looking for body content.
Your listed reference at the bottom of your post will not count toward this word requirement)-state your Rank, Name in the subject line (ex. SSG Jones, Avery)-include an APA formatted reference andin-text citationto support your post(use a reference other than the AMEDDHistory lesson)2. After you have posted an initial response, reply to three of your peers (you must reply to their initial response).
Each reply must: -be a minimum of 200 words (salutations and references are not included in your word count)-open each post with the Rank/Name of the student you are addressing and close each reply with your Rank/Name-each post must include a scholarly reference and in-text citation (both must be in APA format, see the Writing Fundamentals Lesson for examples of APA format)-your first four posts (initial response and three replies) will be graded All posts must be submitted by typing your response in the text box.
