Between Imajaɤen (Warrior) and Timogoutar (Helplessness)

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-72
Author(s):  
Patrick James Christian
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Central Sahara ◽  
French Colonial ◽  
Alternate Reality ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

This chapter is drawn from a much larger qualitative phenomenological inquiry into the Kel Tamashek of the Central Sahara and its Sahelian transition zone. The impetus for this larger research was driven by US Army Generals John Mulholland (Ret), James Linder (Ret), and US Navy Admiral Brian Losey. These senior military leaders foresaw the coming clash between this powerful ethnic community and the rapid spread of globalization into the vast spaces of the Sahel and Sahara Desert. This ethnic community lives in an alternate reality in the northern parts of Niger and Mali, and the southern parts of Algeria and Libya. This alternate reality is of their own design and is well over a millennium in the making. The Kel Tamashek are of extreme interest to regional and international security forces because of their tendency to resist political control. After fighting the French Colonial governments to a standstill in the 17th and 18th centuries, they went on to overthrow the African-based governments in Mali and Niger several times each.

Relationships among applications of tacit knowledge and transformational/transactional leader styles

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Z. Taylor ◽  
Joseph Psotka ◽  
Peter Legree
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Situational Judgment Test ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Multifactor Leadership ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Transactional Leader

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine intercorrelational relations among the self-report behavioral construct Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 5X transformational and transactional subscales and the Tacit Knowledge for Military Leaders Inventory (TKML) leader-level specific situational judgment test scenarios. Design/methodology/approach – In total, two leadership measures, the behavioral construct MLQ and the cognitive construct TKML assess different aspects of how a leader functions and were administered to 125 active US Army officers representing three leader levels: platoon, company, and battalion. The authors examine the intercorrelational relationship between these two measures. Findings – Results show a correlational pattern that contours the evolution of a leader’s skills (from novice platoon leader to expert battalion leader), with the strongest correlation at the higher leader levels. Research limitations/implications – The decision to restrict the number of TKML scenarios provided to respondents and to administer the MLQ and TKML to the same sample is considered a limitation. Practical implications – Pairing the MLQ and TKML makes use of self-reported leader behaviors with maximal assessment scales that directly assess respondents’ understanding of what the best approaches to good leadership are. Social implications – Response patterns from both measures permits direct counseling on the misconceptions about leadership to create better leaders. Originality/value – No previous research has examined correlative relations among the scales/subscales of the MLQ and TKML.

scholarly journals Forestland management and empowerment: A phenomenological inquiry into the experiences of women forestland managers in the state of Georgia, USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-38
Author(s):  
Hallie C. Harriman ◽  
Nicholas E. Fuhrman ◽  
Kathleen D. Kelsey ◽  
Kyle Maurice Woosnam
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Professional Resources ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Women are increasingly becoming the primary decision-makers of forested properties throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of women forestland owners in Georgia. A qualitative phenomenological research design was used to interview nine female forestland owners. Three themes emerged from the semi-structured interviews. Participants stated that land management involved: (a) initial feelings of inadequacy (an imposter syndrome), (b) personal and professional resources, and (c) genuine relationships. The theory of empowerment provided a basis for interpreting the findings and aided in the development of recommendations for future practice and research.  We found that  women experienced a temporary imposter stage early in land management that gave way to feeling empowered as their experiences with managing land increased. Access to trustworthy information, as well as genuine relationships with forestry professionals and other landowners, played key roles in such advancement. We recommend  strategies for natural resource professionals to consider, including encouraging formal and informal networking opportunities when working with female audiences, including at educational outreach events like those hosted by Extension.

Policy Implications for Female Combat Medic Assignment

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 500-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence V. Fulton ◽  
Matthew S. Brooks ◽  
Timothy K. Jones ◽  
Matthew J. Schofield ◽  
Hershell L. Moody
Keyword(s):  
Combat Exposure ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
Combat Medics ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Gender Coding

The current military assignment policy of United States prohibits the assignment of females to billets with high risk of combat exposure. As part of an Army review of this policy, the authors analyzed deployment and promotion risk for combat medics. The effect of current policy on male deployment and female promotion risk was unknown. In light of other countries’ policies and current operational considerations, senior military leaders sought to understand the effects of existing policy on a low-density, high-value occupational specialty, the combat medic. The authors found evidence that male medics deployed 2.07 times more frequently than female medics. The authors also found evidence that senior male medics (staff sergeants) deployed even more frequently (3.65–1) than their female counterparts. Perhaps as a result, the male combat medics experience higher likelihood of promotion from staff sergeant (E-6) to the rank of sergeant first class (E-7); however, the magnitude of that benefit was about one-third of the deployment risk. The results confirm the existence of gender-based deployment risk and promotion disparity. Based upon this analysis, the authors recommended the deprecation of current gender coding for combat medics to the senior levels of the US Army.

Military Realism and Doctrinal Innovation in Kennedy's Army: A New Perspective on Military Innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-694
Author(s):  
Peter Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Military Innovation ◽  
Hard Case ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Powerful Explanation ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Us Army Doctrine ◽  
The Military ◽  
Realist Perspective

Abstract This article introduces a new theory of military innovation, military realism, which argues that senior military leaders spearhead major changes in military doctrine when existing doctrinal mission priorities and theories of victory do not address the most dangerous threats. What I call the military realist perspective drives this doctrinal innovation. Through a case study of change and continuity in US Army doctrine under President Kennedy, this article challenges bureaucratic, military cultural, and civilian realist theories of military innovation. Military realism provides a powerful explanation of a hard case, while the other theories struggle with what should be an easy case.

The Revolution in Military Affairs and Strategic Thought in the US Military, 1991–2003

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Peter R. Mansoor
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
American Military ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Us Military ◽  
The Us ◽  
Revolution In Military Affairs ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

A recurring theme of post-World War II US military history is the fixation of American policy-makers on technological solutions to strategic challenges. In the wake of the 1991 victory in the Gulf War, American military leaders embraced a Revolution in Military Affairs combining guided munitions with advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems to provide war-winning capabilities for US forces. Although Army experimentation in the 1990s and early 2000s had much to commend it, senior Army leaders lost sight of the connection between strategy and military operations and virtually ignored any type of war other than the one for which the Army's powerful conventional forces were designed. In the aftermath of regime change in Iraq in 2003, US commanders struggled to develop concepts suitable to achieve the nation's strategic goals. Having all but ignored other types of conflict, Army leaders proved incredibly resistant to embracing counterinsurgency operations in Iraq until defeat stared them in the face. In the future, the US Army needs to integrate information networks, ISR systems, and guided munitions into a broader warfighting framework that military leaders can adapt to whatever type of enemies they may face, rather than counting on fighting a mirror-imaged enemy.

Experiences of time: A qualitative inquiry into experiences of time as described by palliative care inpatients

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matra Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

AbstractObjectives:In palliative care, health professionals provide support and care for patients for the duration of the unknown time toward death. While the experiences of patients diagnosed with a life limiting illness in palliative care have received some scholarly attention, little research has explored these experiences as described by palliative inpatients themselves. The purpose of this article is to explore how patients describe their lived experiences of time while in a palliative inpatient facility.Methods:This study used a qualitative phenomenological method and nine inpatients were recruited. They were interviewed utilizing in-depth semi-structured interviews, which were audio taped and transcribed. These interview transcripts of their descriptions were the data sources for this inquiry. Their description is part of a broader phenomenological inquiry on the experience of living with a life limiting illness described by palliative inpatients. Data were analyzed to identify essential themes within and across cases.Results:Three essential themes were revealed: “brief time”; “waiting time,” and “transcendental horizon: future time.” These themes were not mutually exclusive and participant's experiences of time approaching death were described as a time of living toward death.Significance of results:The findings suggest that patients diagnosed with a life limiting illness have multi-dimensional experiences of time. Understanding the experiences of temporality for patients close to the gravity of death, from the patients' own words, can provide direction for patient informed interventions in clinical practice.

scholarly journals THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT

2013 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
A. A. Paderin
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Military Leadership ◽  
World War ◽  
The West ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
Second World ◽  
Exposure Technique

In the article the author analyses how the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War and the second World War, the Battle of Kursk, is shown in the west historiography: the intentions of the opposite sides, the degree of preparation to the coming battle, the correlation between number of people and military machines, the realization of decreed tasks, the peculiarities of strategy and moving fighting forces for the battle, the mistakes of German side which were the result of defeat. There are some arguments that the foundation for the forming ideas of western historians about the events on the Soviet German front in summer 1943 is in the workings of captured German generals and officers which were prepared by the task of military – historical service of US army. The workings played the important ideological and methodological role. Trying to excuse themselves these authors explained the defeat of Wehrmacht using some accidental factors which were not connected with their activity as military leaders. In particular there were some mistakes of the highest German political and military leadership, climatic and geographical peculiarities of the war in Russia. In the article the controversial battle Western historians, forms, methods and means of falsification of history and the role of the battle; exposure technique attempts to distort the essence of the events and the outcome of the battle.

scholarly journals Life After Surviving Vehicular Accident: A Phenomenological Inquiry

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 364-368
Author(s):  
Edmelyn B. Cacayan ◽  
Shayne R. Babaran ◽  
Romella Mendez Tuppal
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Phenomenological Inquiry ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Vehicle Accidents ◽  
Vehicle Accident ◽  
Accident Victim ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Worldwide, one of the leading causes of death and injuries are motor vehicle accidents. This study was conducted to explore motor vehicle accident victims’ experiences after vehicular accident in an attempt to further understand the phenomenon. It is important to know the effects of the accident to the life of survivors in order to make a specific intervention to their specific needs. A qualitative phenomenological design is used, using semi-structured, in depth face to face interviews to elicit accounts of vehicular accident survivors. Findings revealed that driving under influence of alcohol, over speeding, slippery road, and first time driving are some of the causes of accident. Five of the respondents had experienced disturbing thoughts, and some of them had dreams of the accident were happening again. Six of the respondents were afraid that it will happen again when something or someone reminded them of the accident or when seeing the place where they experienced the accident. The result of this study will help and assist health professionals in developing a plan of care to victims of vehicular accidents regardless of severity to have psychological assistance to avoid future problems such as recurrent thoughts, sleep disturbances and others. Keyword: vehicular accident; victim

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