Army Leadership FM 6-22

by U.S. Department of the Army, Jeffrey W. Bennett (Editor)

"When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen." General George Washington As the keystone leadership manual for the United States Army, FM 6-22 establishes leadership doctrine, the fundamental principles by which Army leaders act to accomplish their mission and care for their people. FM 6-22 applies to officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted Soldiers of all Army components, and to Army civilians. From Soldiers in basic training to newly commissioned officers, new leaders learn how to lead with this manual as a basis. - FM 6-22 Preface

Genres: Military Fiction, Leadership

220 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2010

About the author

The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency within which the United States Army is organized, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has statutory authority 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the Secretary of Defense and the President.

The Secretary of the Army is a civilian official appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Army, who is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Other senior officials of the Department are the Under Secretary of the Army (principal deputy to the Secretary) and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (principal deputy to the Chief of Staff.)

The Department of War was originally formed in 1789 as an Executive Department of the United States, and was renamed by the National Security Act of 1947 to the Department of the Army on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the Department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.

Reviews

[Hugo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every leader must read this book! Again and again...

[AD ASTRA · Rating 4 out of 5]

FM 6-2003

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the better Army Doctrine publications that I have ever read, believe it or not. I think that they did a great job of summing up and explaining what can easily become a dry and boring subject. They started with the basics of leadership that apply at all levels and then progressed into the tactical level followed by organizational and strategic. While some people may never need to know about leadership and how it relates to geopolitics I thought it was interesting and good to see that they tied it all together in one concise volume.

[Hugues Le Gendre · Rating 3 out of 5]

En tant que coach, je m'intéresse régulièrement au leadership. Et naturellement, je voulais savoir ce que l'armée en disait. C'est assez intéressant de voir que le modèle a tout de même évolué vers une délégation du contrôle, si nécessaire en opérations, plus importante et que la connaissance de soi y a toute sa place.