SION 1

II. FORMING MILITARY IDEALS 14

III. RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVILEGE 25

IV. PLANNING YOUR CAREER 32

V. RANK AND PRECEDENCE 41

VI. CUSTOMS AND COURTESIES 50

VII. KEEPING YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER 63

VIII. GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE 69

IX. LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP 79

X. MAINSPRINGS OF LEADERSHIP 93

XI. HUMAN NATURE 99

XII. GROUP NATURE 110

XIII. ENVIRONMENT 121

XIV. THE MISSION 131

XV. DISCIPLINE 139

XVI. MORALE 147

XVII. ESPRIT 158

XVIII. KNOWING YOUR JOB 166

XIX. KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR MEN 176

XX. WRITING AND SPEAKING 182

XXI. THE ART OF INSTRUCTION 196

XXII. YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR MEN 206

XXIII. YOUR MEN'S MORAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE 213

XXIV. KEEPING YOUR MEN INFORMED 222

XXV. COUNSELING YOUR MEN 228

XXVI. USING REWARD AND PUNISHMENT 240

XXVII. FITTING MEN TO JOBS 246

XXVIII. AMERICANS IN COMBAT 255

APPENDIX

I. RECOMMENDED READING 264

CHAPTER ONE

THE MEANING OF YOUR COMMISSION

Upon being commissioned in the Armed Services of the United States, a
man incurs a lasting obligation to cherish and protect his country and
to develop within himself that capacity and reserve strength which
will enable him to serve its arms and the welfare of his fellow
Americans with increasing wisdom, diligence,