Warrior Ethos

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Warrior Ethos
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Warrior Ethos Objectives

• Describe Warrior Ethos.
• Memorize the Soldiers Creed.
• Identify the four tenets of the Warrior Ethos
  through various vignettes.
• Distinguish between leaders who possess the Army
  Warrior Ethos and those who do not.

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Warrior Ethos

• We aim to win wars
• In order to do this we must build leaders who are
• physically and mentally tough,
• technically and tactically proficient and
• strategically and operationally adaptive
• in a combat environment.

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Ethos - Defined

• The disposition, character, or fundamental values
  peculiar to a specific person, people, culture,
  or movement

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Warrior Ethos is

• The foundation for the American Soldiers total
  commitment to victory in peace and war. While
  exemplifying Army Values, Soldiers who live the
  Warrior Ethos put the mission first, refuse to
  accept defeat, never quit, and never leave a
  fallen comrade. They have absolute faith in
  themselves and their team.

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Warrior Ethos
Soldier

• Flexible
• Adaptable

• Confident
• Competent

Warrior Ethos Tenets

• Mission First
• Never Quit

• Never Accept Defeat
• Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

Army Values
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor,
Integrity, Personal Courage
Commitment to Serve the Nation
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Commitment to Serve the Nation
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Army Values

• Loyalty
• Duty
• Respect
• Selfless Service

• Honor
• Integrity
• Personal Courage

We are, have been and will remain a values based
institution. Our Soldiers are Warriors of
character. They exemplify these values everyday
and are the epitome of the American spirit.
General Peter J. Schoomaker
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Warrior Ethos Tenets

• Mission First
• Never Accept Defeat
• Never Quit
• Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

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A Soldier is

• A Warrior and a member of the best trained and
  equipped team
• flexible, adaptive, confident and competent in
  Warrior Tasks and Drills
• proficient in required skills for current duty
  position in unit of assignment
• lives the Warrior Ethos,
• grounded in Army values and prepared to engage
  and destroy the enemies of the United States in
  close combat.

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Soldiers Creed

• I am an American Soldier.
• I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve
  the people of the United States and live the Army
  Values.
• I will always place the mission first.
• I will never accept defeat.
• I will never quit.
• I will never leave a fallen comrade.
• I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough,
  trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and
  drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment
  and myself.
• I am an expert and I am a professional.
• I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the
  enemies of the United States of America in close
  combat.
• I am a guardian of freedom and the American way
  of life.
• I am an American Soldier.

WARRIOR ETHOS
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HOMEWORK

• -Memorize the Soldiers Creed
• -Read Intro to Team Dynamics