leading marines
1. Identify the author’s mission (task and purpose) in writing this book. The author’s purpose in writing this book was to explain the role of the ‘leader’ in the Marine Corps. To accomplish this the author used examples of corps values, ethos, individual courage and unit spirit.
2. What part of the book was the most effective in accomplishing the author’s mission? What part of the book was the least effective? The part of the book that I think is most effective at accomplishing the author’s mission is chapter three: Challenges. ‘Friction dominates war, it makes simple tasks hard’. The author touches on how friction affects us anywhere from the marine-air-ground task force down to the most forward fighting positions and how getting over the brick wall that is adversity is key to being able to lead marines.
3. What does the author assume to be true in order to accomplish his mission? Does the author validate these assumptions in the book? The author really shows the importance of the lessons we learned in boot camp and OCS as the basis of what is needed to accomplish any mission. The author validates these assumptions as he goes back to what we learned in training as examples of how we should carry ourselves as leaders and Marines.
4. The part of the book that is most relevant to what I / we do is: The part of the book that is most relevant to what I/we do is chapter three. The author talks about Friction and overcoming challenges in everyday life such as physical challenge and the importance of being combat effective. This is relevant to me because I think physical fitness is key to anyone in the Marine Corps who wants to be a leader.
5. Identify the author’s specific and implied conclusions. What I took as an implied conclusion was that there’s a bigger purpose for everyone and you won’t know what that purpose is unless you take risks to find that purpose.
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2. What part of the book was the most effective in accomplishing the author’s mission? What part of the book was the least effective? The part of the book that I think is most effective at accomplishing the author’s mission is chapter three: Challenges. ‘Friction dominates war, it makes simple tasks hard’. The author touches on how friction affects us anywhere from the marine-air-ground task force down to the most forward fighting positions and how getting over the brick wall that is adversity is key to being able to lead marines.
3. What does the author assume to be true in order to accomplish his mission? Does the author validate these assumptions in the book? The author really shows the importance of the lessons we learned in boot camp and OCS as the basis of what is needed to accomplish any mission. The author validates these assumptions as he goes back to what we learned in training as examples of how we should carry ourselves as leaders and Marines.
4. The part of the book that is most relevant to what I / we do is: The part of the book that is most relevant to what I/we do is chapter three. The author talks about Friction and overcoming challenges in everyday life such as physical challenge and the importance of being combat effective. This is relevant to me because I think physical fitness is key to anyone in the Marine Corps who wants to be a leader.
5. Identify the author’s specific and implied conclusions. What I took as an implied conclusion was that there’s a bigger purpose for everyone and you won’t know what that purpose is unless you take risks to find that purpose.
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