Competent Confident and Agile? A Study of the U.S. Army Leadership Requirements Model and its Application for U.S. Army Company Commanders

<p>Field Manual 1 The Army constitutes mission command as the prevailing leadership philosophy of the U.S. Army. With the publication of Field Manual 6-22 Army Leadership the U.S. Army introduced the Leadership Requirements Model (LRM) to the force as a guide to leaders on how to be an Army leader and what to do. This thesis examines the application of the LRM for company commanders in the U.S. Army. In 2011 the importance of mission command is increasing while the LRM has not been revised. U.S. Army company commanders are being molded by doctrines army training and superiors while they are influenced by the current operational environment. This creates a potential discrepancy between what FM 6-22 prescribes and what the company commanders do. In order to make the LRM more applicable for the U.S. Army company commanders it needs to be revised and adjusted to incorporate mission command as the overarching leadership philosophy of the U.S. Army. Likewise FM 6-22 needs to be adjusted to align more with the other U.S. Army doctrines. Otherwise FM 6-22 risks becoming an obsolete tool for the U.S. Army company commanders.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>