Every leader is responsible for upholding the Army values and ethic to preserve the agreement between the American people and the military. U.S. Army Captains and Junior Officers must understand how internal, unit-level trust impacts the overall civil-military relationship. “Civilian authority over the military is established and codified in our Constitution and is the mechanism by which the American people, through their elected and appointed officials, exercise oversight of the military” (ADRP 1, 2015, p. 6-2). A commitment to ethical leadership and fair and impartial discipline ensures unit-level trust and by extension, helps foster a trusting civil-military relationship. Therefore, the greatest responsibility for an Army Captain with regards to civil-military relations is understanding how internal trust at the unit-level will foster the external trust that is the bedrock of the Army’s agreement with the American
Every leader is responsible for upholding the Army values and ethic to preserve the agreement between the American people and the military. U.S. Army Captains and Junior Officers must understand how internal, unit-level trust impacts the overall civil-military relationship. “Civilian authority over the military is established and codified in our Constitution and is the mechanism by which the American people, through their elected and appointed officials, exercise oversight of the military” (ADRP 1, 2015, p. 6-2). A commitment to ethical leadership and fair and impartial discipline ensures unit-level trust and by extension, helps foster a trusting civil-military relationship. Therefore, the greatest responsibility for an Army Captain with regards to civil-military relations is understanding how internal trust at the unit-level will foster the external trust that is the bedrock of the Army’s agreement with the American