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FORCE MANAGEMENT

(Photo by Bryan Gatchell, Ansbach PAO)

U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach stakeholders and consultants work through plans for the future of Katterbach District 22 September 2015
in Ansbach, Germany.

Professional Case for
Force Management
Col. James Lowry Kennedy Jr., U.S. Army, Retired
There is an unglamorous side of the Army … which requires
your personal attention—that of managing the Army.
—Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, 1952

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fficers arrive at the Command and General
Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) with years of
great operational experience in the tactical
Army. Due to the command- and tactical-driven nature of Army professional development, many students
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are concerned about how to succeed as a battalion executive officer, as an operations officer, or in a similar
key developmental position, rather than focusing on
skills to be successful in nonoperational assignments.
Because of this mind-set, many officers miss the point
that CGSOC is designed to provide them with basic
knowledge in all pertinent subjects, enabling them
to succeed during the remainder of their field grade
careers—careers that will be mostly be spent supporting senior leaders in making important decisions that
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