The Role of the Judge Advocate in Contemporary Operations: Ensuring Moral and Ethical Conduct During War

摘要

The strength of any Army unit and across our military is, as you know, our junior officers and our noncommissioned officers. A great example of junior officer leadership was Dylan Reeves, the brother of your fellow JAG officer Shane Reeves. Dylan was an incredibly courageous and effective combat platoon leader that I served with while commanding 3rd ACR. General Harmon, one of my personal heroes, while commanding the 2nd Armored Division in World War Ⅱ, stated that his division would succeed only if the platoon succeeded. Dylan showed me that this statement remains true and the importance of resiliency in combat units. Therefore, one of the things I would like to talk with you about today is the importance of building resiliency among your Soldiers and creating cohesive, tough teams that can stand up to the demands of any mission. As judge advocates you play a big part helping prepare our units for the extreme demands of combat and understanding how to do that holistically is really important. Brigadier General McMaster is serving as Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Shafafiyat (Transparency) at International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. General McMaster, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy in 1984. His military education includes the Airborne Course, Ranger School, Armor Officer Basic and Career Courses, Cavalry Leader's Course, Combined Armed Service Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and a U.S. Army War College fellowship at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. General McMaster holds a Ph.D. in military history from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.