A170 Tom Rozman: Military Academy Graduations During a Time of Social Distancing
Above: Arms of the United States Military Academy Classes of 1970 and 2020 Forms of Collective Leadership…Two United States Military Academy Classes and A Family Service Academy Legacy in a Time of Social Distancing Article by A170 Tom Rozman The Pandemic of 2020 clearly impacted our planet. It is affecting almost everything we do, not…
A170 Tom Rozman: When a leader lets their ego get the better of them
Above: 6th Infantry Regiment The Captain who would be the “Senior Captain”—the General’s Reverie Article by A170 Tom Rozman A senior general officer after a busy early morning meeting schedule, has a few moments of down time at his desk in the Pentagon. A situation had developed earlier in that morning that as he leaned…
A170 Tom Rozman: More Leadership Do’s and Don’ts from Corps Level Headquarters
Above: Top l – r and bottom l – r III, I , XVIII Airborne, VII and V Corps A Leadership Perspective on interfacing with Corps Level Headquarters Article by A170 Tom Rozman Over a 22 ½ year Army commissioned officer career (overall Army engagement was 27 ¼ years on the Army rolls and 18…
A170 Tom Rozman: Leadership Do’s & Don’ts from a Battalion Perspective
Perspectives Regarding Battalion Leadership Effectiveness—and Applicability to a Civilian Context Article by A170 Tom Rozman The observations made in this discussion are focused on non-combat field and garrison operations of battalions both stationed in the Continental United States and forward deployed in Western Germany and the Republic of South Korea. They are taken from experiences…
A170 Tom Rozman: The Value of Mentorship
Above: The Color of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division The Mentor—“I want you to write an article for Infantry Magazine” Article by A170 Tom Rozman It was summer 1984. The 1st Armored Division’s 2nd Brigade was the largest divisional tank brigade in the U.S. 7th Army and likely the largest tank brigade in NATO…
A170 Tom Rozman: Advice for New Cadets – Keeping Your Head as a Leader
Leaders who Set the Tone – Keeping One’s Head Article by A170 Tom Rozman The Assistant Division Commander for Maneuver of the 2nd Infantry Division and his aide-de-camp had left their vehicle and walked over the crest of the ridge they were on to an observation post on the opposite crest. The observation post was…
A170 Tom Rozman: Leadership, A Soldier’s Decision to Serve…then Deferring to Family after 22 Years of Service
Above: Sergeant Walter P. Rozman is preparing for a flight in a AT6 Texan at Nigata Ait Base in Japan in 1950. Article by A170 Tom Rozman Depending on how one looks at leadership in its mentoring and examples setting form, I have been blessed to have had many mentors and examples over the years. …
Examining The Contribution of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps to Unit Leadership in the US Army
Editor’s Note: A170 Tom Rozman served for almost 30 years in the US Army. The following article is based on his experiences as a leader within that context. Article by A170 Tom Rozman Not often a topic of leadership discussions, the Judge Advocate General’s Corps is nevertheless, on reflection, a significant component of US Army…
A170 Tom Rozman: Reflections on Duty at the Once Home of the Coast Artillery School and the Extended Effect of Army Institutional Leadership
Above: Arms of the U.S. Army’s Coast Artillery School Article by A170 Tom Rozman In 2014 on a beautiful sunny Hampton Roads day I elected to take two of my granddaughters I was visiting in Suffolk, Virginia on a tour of Ft. Monroe, Virginia. Their father was an Air Force medical officer then stationed at…
A170 Tom Rozman: Operating with the Headquarters and Combat Trains—Leadership in the Operations of the Tactical Operations Center and the Combat Trains
Above: Left to right, Distinctive Unit Insignia and Arms of the Headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 1st Battalion, 58th Infantry, Headquarters, XVIIIth Airborne Corps, 197th Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 58th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 6th Mechanized Infantry, and 1st Armored Division Article by…
A170 Tom Rozman: Observations on the Military Leader as a Speaker
Above: The author as a speaker at a 2008 dedication ceremony at the new library at West Point to a mixed civilian/military audience of some 100 to include the Polish Consul and the Academic Dean (a brigadier general). Article by A170 Tom Rozman Over a continuous military and state level civil service career that spanned…
A170 Tom Rozman: Learning to Do Things Different – Leading Mechanized Battalion Maintenance Operations Through a Culture Change
Above: 6th Infantry Regiment Distinguished Unit Insignia Leadership Effectiveness in Mechanized Battalion Maintenance Operations—Recalling the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry (Mechanized) Article by A170 Tom Rozman It goes without saying that we live in times of perpetual change. Armies and their organizations reflect such change in their unique context of military force structure. Some of that…