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The four commandants were always dependable, reliable, unwavering, and constant during the three battles. For example, Commandant Marc Neuville did not only make plans when going into the wars but also led in the line when executing those plans (Keegan, 2011). What this shows is that during military warfare, it is the duty of the leaders not only to possess but also demonstrate a steadfast character. Just as the case of Commandant Marc Neuville shows, a steadfastness personality in a leader can easily and quickly motivate the members of the army to approach war with commitment and dedication.

New replacement soldiers arrive at the camp outside of Metz after the battle at Verdun. Replacement Allen Hayes gets put in the experienced 4th platoon, because of his great achievements at boot camp. During his first day, he was lost, clueless, and afraid. His commanding officer of his platoon is Lt. Arthur.

In this movie, I learned many things about leadership. A true leader will go down the line with his soldiers and fight for their needs. A leader will exercise compassion, authority, and foresight. In this movie, I witnessed first-hand Col. Shaw’s dedication for the black soldiers. They also proved to him that they are fully capable of fighting despite their race. Both Rawlins and Trip rose up to their level to lead their soldiers to

Within the first fifteen minutes of the film, Robert Gould Shaw goes to a luxurious party held for returning officers of the battle. He was then asked by Governor John A. Andrew to become the commanding officer for a newly founded regiment of black soldiers. After the request of becoming a Colonel, Douglass formally agrees to the making of the regiment as an act of honor and dignity to all African Americans. Upon the same exact day, Shaw agrees to take charge of the the regiment. Though once again, the movie wrong about the event.

After this Private Tripp is caught deserting, while trying to find shoes and is publicly whipped in front of all of the soldiers. Rawlins, a grave digger that was promoted to the rank of Sargent-Major tells Shaw that Tripp was only searching for shoes. Shaw after this confronts the quartermaster to receive the supplies that were being withheld from his troops. The next day the soldiers receive their pay but only part of the 13 dollars they were told they would receive and the troops begin to rip up their pay stubs and Shaw joins in with them and rips his own. This was the moment that the soldiers accepted Shaw as their leader and were ready to die for him if necessary.

“In Toronto the volunteers met on parade in busbies great coats, and leggings not an available man was absent all met in the spirit of what Colonel Miller had said the night before: “I don’t care who a man is, or what he is doing but I want every man in the regiment to be under arms and ready!”.

Shaw completely changes his attitude towards the 54th Massachusetts regiment. He does not loosen the reigns, instead he takes Sgt. Mulcahy’s suggestion and trains them harshly. The next training session was mainly focused on aiming and shooting guns quickly. Robert decides to watch them practice shooting guns, but when they take their time to load their guns, he gets upset. He chooses Private Jupiter Sharts to specifically watch. Pvt. Sharts states that he hunted squirrels so his aim is up to par. Col. Shaw states that, “a good man can fire three aimed shots in a minute” so when, Pvt. Sharts cannot deliver quick load and unload of his rifle within the minute, Col. Shaw yells at him and shoots a gun in the air to show how fast he should be able to shoot. After getting flustered by the pressure of Col. Shaw, Pvt. Sharts drops the gun. Col. Shaw was also harsh on Private Trip. When Pvt. Trip disappears and is re-discovered, he is sentenced to a flogging punishment. Major Cabot Forbes, a close friend of Col. Shaw, tries to convince Robert to change his mind about the flogging, because it would make them no better than their past slaveowners. Colonel Robert Shaw ignores Maj. Forbes comment because he realizes he needs to be tough on the regiment in order to prepare them for war. He tells Sergeant Mulcahy to proceed with the flogging. But after the punishment, he soon realizes that Private Trip disappeared to go find shoes due to his previous worn out pair

English Professor Carol Burke’s interest in military culture led her to research the prevalence of superstitious charms in the military through a series of interviews; she published these findings in “The Things They Bring to War.” In Humanities Core lecture, she further analyzed military culture through the lens of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), which explores how military training psychologically wounds many soldiers. Our most recent Humanities Core project is the Literary Journalism assignment, in which we have to interview someone who has experienced war—such as a veteran or someone who was displaced due to war—and write a story that recreates their experience. Since I

In conclusion, Major Robert Rogers was a very influential leader in his time and has remained one for generations of leaders since. He has served as an influential leader for me by showing me how to be successful in my career by constantly adapting to the situation and giving my Soldiers clear guidance to adhere to. Likewise, he also has served as an example to me that not all people are perfect and that if we cannot balance our lives, it is likely that one side will destroy the other. I have learned from his example that it is important to recognize a need for that balance, as well as to identify in ourselves and our Soldiers when that misbalance can lead to destructive behavior that undermines our successes and

Simon Sinek’s lecture hit it home for me. Not just because he opened up with the soldier story, but the fact where do you find people that can emulate what Capt. William did. Capt. William was a selfless leader. He was not looking for recognition or someone to say ‘way to go’. His action is like ‘do to others as I would want do to me’. Capt. William was not working towards any form of power but his own judgement as to what needed to be done. And if other sees him and felt compelled to help, he was not going to turn one away, nor was he going to recruit. It was just a job he wanted to pursue- more like a fireman would. I am not sure if I agree with Simon’s idea of ‘product of your environment’. I know a lot of soldiers- family and

Leadership is the ability or authority to guide and direct others towards achievement of goal without force that leaves them feeling empowered and accomplished. Besides, leader has a significant impact on ethical decision making. This is because leaders have the power to motivate others and enforce the organization norms and policies as well as their own viewpoint. Leadership involves establishing a clear vision, sharing that vision with others, providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize that vision, coordinating

Most definitions of leadership say general things like “Someone who leads” (Dictionary.com) or “The office or position of a leader” (Merriam-Webster). These simple definitions, because leadership is an abstract term, are expected. The quality of leadership, though, is much more complex than what the definitions make it out to be. A leader more than just someone who stands at the front of the crowd, a real

According to Business Dictionary.com, leadership is defined as the individuals who are the leaders in an organization, regarded collectively. It also can be define as the activity of leading a group of people or an organization or the ability to do this. Leadership involves the establishing of a clear vision, sharing the vision with other so that they will follow willingly, providing the needed information, knowledge, and methods to realize the vision and coordinating and balancing the conflicts interests of all members and stakeholders.

The Webster Dictionary defines leadership as an office or position, the capacity to lead, the act or an instance of leading (Merriam-Webster, 2011). Leader is defined as; a person who directs a military force or unit, a person who has commanding authority or influence (Merriam-Webster, 2011). The Army defines leadership as the process of influencing people by

Seeing one soldier being treated differently, weather this treatment be positive or negative, sets this soldier apart from the rest. This difference in treatment further undermines that unit’s esprit de corps and cohesion. And if this happens that unit’s loyalty can begin to be tested not only amongst them, but can also undermine that unit’s leader who has to spend so much of his and her time dealing with that unit’s only trouble spot.