Ability to Grow Leaders Gives Army ‘Huge Advantage’

[rangerrebew]

    Ability to Grow Leaders Gives Army ‘Huge Advantage’
Lt. Gen. James Rainey talks to soldiers.
Photo by: U.S. Army/Jose Rodriguez
Fri, 09/17/2021 - 08:05

The Army’s ability to grow and develop leaders gives the service a critical advantage over its adversaries, a senior Army leader said.

“We generate leaders … better than anyone we’re going to fight,” said Lt. Gen. James Rainey, the deputy Army chief of staff for operations. “I believe that the fact that our Army is manned by an all-volunteer force, people that chose to do something with their life … and are fighting for something that they believe in, I think that's a huge advantage.”

Speaking at the recent Fires Conference 2021, a virtual event hosted by the Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Rainey stressed the importance of good leaders to ensuring a healthy, cohesive force.

“The most important thing we do is leader development and training,” Rainey said. “And the best thing you can do for a unit is build leaders. … The No. 1 thing you can do to take care of a soldier, the No. 1 thing you can do for soldiers, is make sure they're well-led.”

Rainey also stressed the importance of the Army’s maneuver capabilities.

https://www.ausa.org/news/ability-grow-leaders-gives-army-huge-advantage

[rangerrebew]

What was it?  There were something like 110 future leaders busted at West Point for cheating of which somewhere less than 20 were disciplined.  Now, there is a group of leaders to be proud of.

[EdinVA]

We just let a group of 7th century goat herders run us out of town.... Where was your magical leadership for the last 20 years?