The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 25, Number 1

The battle of the Bulge to the crossing of the rhine Leadership EXPERIENCE 14-20 MAY 2019 Course Outline Pre-course:  Reading list / assignments distributed / Pre-course orientation  Delegates fly to Frankfurt am Main Airport [FRA] Tuesday, 14 May 2019— Frankfurt & Aachen  Attendees meet at Frankfurt am Main Airport  Remagen Bridge  Siegfried Line Defenses & “Dragon’s Teeth”  Course orientation and briefing  Overnight in Aachen, Germany Wednesday, 15 May 2019 — Battle of the Hurtgen Forest  Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning  The Kall Trail  Vossenack  Hill 400  Overnight in Aachen, Germany Thursday, 16 May 2019 — Battle of the Bulge  Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning  Northern Shoulder—Col. Peiper’s “Spearhead”  Krinkelt, Honsfeld, Maimedy, Stavelot, LaGleize, Stoumont, Trois Ponts  Overnight in Aachen, Germany Friday, 17 May 2019 — Battle of the Bulge  Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning  St. Vith, Battle of the Bulge Memorial, Houffalize, Ge. McAuliffe’s HQ  Bastogne: Easy Company (“Band of Brothers”) Sites, Bastogne Siege Sites  Overnight in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Saturday, 18 May 2019— Battle of the Bulge  Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning  Luxembourg American Cemetery (Gen. George Patton’s Gravesite)  Ettlebruck  Trier  Overnight in Frankfurt, Germany Sunday, 19 May 2019— Frankfurt  Debrief / reflection on the “Leadership Experience” / roundtable on lessons learning and applicability to the modern police workplace  Frankfurt sites  Course closure Monday, 20 May 2019— Frankfurt  Departure “’I truly believe that the staff ride concept produced an environment for an unprecedented learning experience.’” He noted that even though the staff ride evolved from a military concept, it has nothing to do with war. “He underscored that people who have never experienced a staff ride should not mistakenly assume it equates [their business] with the business of war. In fact, it does no such thing.” [Robert Mutch, US Fire Service consultant, quoted in “What’s A Staff Ride?,” Volume 62, No. 4, Fall 2002, pp 6-7, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service: Fire Management Today] 30

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