The Military Of The Army Essay

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Mission Command
Army officer who in charge of leading military missions must bear in mind that his success or failure is dependent on his commanding style. There are typical ways through which an officer is more successful than the other is. Just think about why a great Greek’s military leader, Thucydides, failed to save the city of Amphipolis. He was distant from the army to protect the important military strategic city. Thucydides’ failure was his absence that made his army psychologically impotent and the enemy courageous. ()
Command presence was vital in classical periods because of the limitation of means of communication. Leaders usually led their army through direct involvement in detailed tasks. Command presence, more than influencing the army through close relationship with subordinate, has also a great impact on the enemy army. As a classical custom required leaders to take part in leading the army, many great leaders was successful by taking direct command of the army on the front battle. The coalition army in Napoleonic War purposefully avoid fighting where Napoleon had a direct command on the army. It is so evident that Napoleon’ presence had psychological influence on his own army and had taken as a center of gravity by the coalition army of Europe. Alexander the Great defeat the vast area of Asia Minor with small number of the army due to Alexander himself directly led the Army. Since command presence have a remarkable importance of moral and psychological
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