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Col. Alan G. Bourque, U.S. Army, Retired, is an associate professor of strategic leader development in the Center
for Strategic Leadership and Development at the U.S. Army War College. He serves as the director, Senior Leader
Seminar: Senior Development Course. His degrees include a B.A. in history from Wake Forest University, a master’s
degree in public administration from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a masters of strategic studies from
the U.S. Army War College.
Dr. Aubrey G. Butts (senior executive service) serves as the director for the Institute for Noncommissioned Officer
Professional Development. He provides direction and oversight of the NCOES, integrates all actions and activities related to NCO leader development into the ALDS, and serves as the NCO subject matter expert for the Army Leader
Development Enterprise. He holds a Ph.D. from Capella University, an MBA from American Intercontinental
University, and a masters of strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Lt. Col. Lary Dorsett, U.S. Army, Retired, is the executive officer of the Institute of NCO Professional Development.
He holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and an M.S. from Troy University. A retired Army officer with
21 years of service, he served as assistant professor of military science/executive officer at the University of New
Mexico’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment, as well as numerous other assignments.
Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Dailey, U.S. Army, is the command sergeant major for TRADOC. He previously served
as command sergeant major for the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Carson, Colo., and U.S. DivisionNorth, Iraq in Support of Operation New Dawn. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy and
the Command Sergeants Major Course. He holds a B.S. from Excelsior University.

Notes
1. John S. Richard, The Learning Army: Approaching the 21st
Century as a Learning Organization (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S.
Army War College, 22 May 1997), 8.
2. Keith Walker, 2013, panel discussion during the 2013
Annual AUSA [Association of the U.S. Army] Convention (Washington, DC, 2013).
3. Edward Bulwer Lytton, Not So Bad As We Seem; or, Many
Sides to a Character (London: Chapman and Hall, 1851).
4. Benjamin S. Bloom, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
(White Plains, NY: Longman, 1956).
5. Ibid.
6. U.S. Army, Army Leader Development Strategy (ALDS)
2013, http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CAL/repository/ALDS5June%202013Record.pdf; and, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Pamphlet (TP) 525-8-2, The U.S. Army Learning Concept for 2015 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office [GPO], 2011).
7. ALC 2015 provides a set of nine overarching 21st
Century Competencies “that are essential to ensure soldiers
and leaders are fully prepared to prevail in complex, uncertain
environments.” Each competency has associated general learning
outcomes (GLOs) that are specific to officers, warrant officers,
NCOs, and Army civilians. The NCO GLOs were developed

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by the Institute for Noncommissioned Officer Professional
Development.
8. TP 525-8-3, The U.S. Army Training Concept, 2012-2020
(Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 2011), 12.
9. W. Clayton Allen, “Overview