The “Tactical” Leaders of Tomorrow
The “Tactical” Leaders of Tomorrow
by Captain Tyler J. Sweatt
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The Army must relook how it trains junior leaders for tactical decision making in combat by first redefining what tactical decision making entails. No longer are junior leaders solely responsible for executing battle drills and maneuvering squads and fire teams. We must stop training them to this limited scope. Junior leaders must not only understand, but also display competency at fusing traditional tactical decision making, troop leading procedures, American foreign policy, and the culture of the region in their area of operations. This is no small task and as such requires a significant amount of attention in the training and development programs currently in place today. This must start at the commissioning source and continue throughout the career path of today’s Army officer.
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Captain Tyler J Sweatt is currently assigned as the BN Operations Officer (S3) of 554th Engineer Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. He has served as Civil Military Operations Officer, Plans Officer, Executive Officer, Platoon Leader, and Battle Captain with the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team 10th Mountain Division (LI) during two deployments to eastern Afghanistan.
