Military Review English Edition November December 2016 | Page 5

“Sacred Cows”: What Should Go Away but Won’t • Barnacles: Army institutions, processes, customs, or Mission Command Revisited • Has the philosophy of mission command taken hold • • • • doctrine that are anachronistic and impede needed change and progress Relevance of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: What needs to be updated? Is military justice applied fairly and equitably across all ranks? Military policing: Is racism or excessive force an issue of concern for military police? How well trained are military police as compared to civilian counterparts? Straining tradition: What legal guidelines should be imposed on the participation of senior retired officers in partisan elections? • • inside the Army? After many years of trying to change, critics say mission command still looks a lot like command and control Case studies on the use of the Army design methodology during specific operations Modularity ten years after: an evaluation Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and mission command: Are we blurring too much the lines between officer/NCO duties and responsibilities? Are we training soldiers or quasi-commissioned officers? What is the impact of new NCO evaluation reports, schooling, and the Army University on the enlisted force?