Military Review English Edition July-August 2015 | Page 60

2nd Place, General Douglas MacArthur Military
Leadership Writing Competition, CGSC Class 13-02

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

Lt. Col. Earl M. Hairston, a commander with the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, Special Functioning Team, Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of
Africa, briefs his team 29 March 2008 at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, before moving out for a medical civil action project.

Caution Required

Multirater Feedback in the
Army
Maj. Gregory G. Lee, U.S. Army

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n response to several highly publicized cases of
leader misconduct, the Army has made removing toxic leaders from its ranks a priority.
Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) Gen. Raymond T.
Odierno states, “We are relieving people, battalion
and brigade commanders, for toxic leadership, and
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we will continue to do that. The units know, a