The Secondhnual Hugh J. Clausen Leadership Lecture: Attributes of a Leader

• Author: Lieutenant General HOLD H. Sheitan
• Pages: 04

In thinking about what to talk about on leadership, I went back to the time when I came in the Army, which was the summer of 1963-probably before some of you were born, or at least while some of you were still in diapers. I looked at a speech that was given then by General Barksdale Hamlet. who was the Vice Chief of Staff for thehmy. He addressed the JAG Conference and his subject was. "A Command View of the Judge Advocate." In describing the type of judge advocate that he wanted on the staff, General Hamlet diecussed the environment that necessitated such an officer In reading through his lecture notee far that day, I began to wonder what has changed in the last thirtythree years in our armed farces?

Certainly in the thirtythree years that I have been in the ser. vice, I have noticed a host of things that me somewhat different than they were in those days. If I look specifically at the h r n y and what changes have taken place in our institution. I think that we all realize that m those years we have engaged and disengaged in two mqlar conflicts in Southeast AEia and Southwest Asia. JVe have transitioned from B draft to an all-volunteer force We have fought, and won, the Cold War and, not surprisingly, the new world order that we thought we could achieve in that process has turned out to be a little more elusive than we originally had anticipated As a matter of fact, we And that we live in an even more complex, volatile, and in Some cases, a more unpredictable world than we did in that bipolar era. Peace keeping, peace enforcement, and military operations

* This IJ an edlfed frsnmlpt ai B lecture delivered by Lieutenam General Hmr) H Shelron to members ai rhe Staff and Facult). their dimngvirhed @testa and amlcere attending the 44th Judge Advocate Officer Graduate Course and the 139th Judge Advacate Omeer Basic Course. a The Judge Advoeate General P School, Chsrlattesvdls. hrpla. on 30 Januq 1996 The Clausen Lecture 1s named I" honor af Mapr General Hugh J Clauren. who sewed as The Judge Ad\acate General Knifed Statea.bmy, from 1981 to 1985 and sewed ovei thin? years in the L'mted Stater Army beiore retiring in 1905 Hie disungiliahed mlhfary career included ~ea>gnmenfs

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other than war were only things that were thought about in aeadem-le c~reles to some degree; however, today we find that we are involved with them to a very large degree.

There are those who ask whether we should be involved in the law enforcement role. Others are saying that we may be involved in too many roles. Is this detracting from our primely purpose, which is to fight and win the nation's wars? In what seeme like a paradigm of our time, missions have begun to proliferate, while resources have dwindled. Within the 19908, we have seen the United States Army go from about 780,000 dawn to little over 500,000. We have gone from eighteen divisions to ten active divisions. So we have ~ e e n a

significant change in the structure of the United States Army. Simdarly, over the course of the last five years, we have seen our Department of Defense budget begin to dwindle and decline in real terms, raising some real questions about our longterm modernization and our ability to stay ahead technologically,

However, I think that no discussion of the past thrty-three years would be complete without saying that, with the Implementatmn of Goldwater-Nichols in 1986, we have seen some significant changes in the way that we as services do business. Certainly, few would argue that the days of the single service type of w ~ r will ever

exlst again. I think we all realize that in the future we are going to have to rely on the complementary capabilities of each of our her. vices to have the most effective force that America can field.

I am also very pleased to note that, in that time, your School has adjusted to those changes. I see a large contingent of officers from other services-Air Force, Navy and Mann+wha are students as well as those who berve an the faculty. You have added a number from the Reserve Components to your faculty and certainly that is B key point because, as you know, we will rely more and more on our Reserve Components. Of course, the soldier-citizen remains the American ideal and I think that we are seeing that this will be a

Auburn Cnmverilfy Hm significant military education includes the Infantry Offreer Basic and Advanced Courses. the Ax Command end Staff College. and the Nations1 War Callege. General Sheltan deployed to Saudi Arabia and participated ID Operatiam Desert Shield and Desert Starm and WSP the Joint Task Force Commander dunng Operstmn Uphold Democracy in Haiti Prevmua duty amgn. menw include Commander, Xvlll Airborne Corps and Fort Brsgg: Commander, 82d Airborne Dlvlaion. A~~ietanf

Diwmon Commander for Operations, lGlst Airborne

Dinnon (Air Asssulrl, Commander, Detachment A-104, 6th Specisl Farces Group, Republic of Vietnam. Commander, Company C, 4th Battsimn. E03d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade, Commander, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry 9th Infantry Dwiion, Fort Lewia. Warhm@an, Commander, 1st Brigade, 82d Airborne Diwslon, Fort Bragg, North Caralme, Deputy Director for Operatma, 5-3,

Orgamration of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Washmgtoo. D C , Chief ai Staif, lGLh Mountain Divmian (Lightl, Fort Drum, Ker Ymk. Division G-3 (Operational. 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington,and ab B Brigade S.1 and 5-3 Oifcer, Deputy Divuion G-l and Infantry Battalron Bxeeutwe Olflcer, 25th Infantry Dirimn. Hawan.

key part of our future 1 also am pleaeed to see that our friends from the international community are here and I welcome you I am pleased to see that we have added you to the course because I think we all realize. If recent history 1s any indication of the future, that is the nay things are going to take place and our allies nil1 be even mow important to us. Finally, I understand that you have established B division within the School to deal with the study and practice of operational law. I understand that after a big search for a title, you came up with "CUMO."

Consldenng some of the alterna. twes, like ''BLAVO' and 'WKkMO." I think you made a wise dew sion.

Wh2"mle Some of these changes have been rather momentous over

the years. I think that in this short period of time we see that each of these changes has had a sigmficant impact on the way we do hum ness today. In light of these changes, and the times that we live in today, I began to wonder what changes there have been in leadership. What attributes do we look for in leadere today, maybe even more 80 than we did in the past?And I think, as 1 asked myself that question. I was able to answer it with a resounding. 'Yes and no." Now you say that is a nonanswer. Let me explain why I feel that Way.

1 think that we all know that there have been changes in leadership that have taken place over the last few years-many have been positir+and there me certainly many aspects of the armed forcer that we would never want to go back to The day when you told a troop. soldier, arman, or sailor, "That 1s the way it IS. because I said so," are clearly gone. The young men and women who serve in today'a armed farces expect, and deserve. more than that. Will there be occasions when you have to say, "That's It, get on with it nght now," in the interest of discipline and move aut quickly to avoid the loss of lives? Of...