Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
Spencer, John
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781640125124, Publication Date: Fri, July 1, 2022, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
from the Military Writers Society of America

John Spencer was a new second lieutenant in 2003 when he parachuted into Iraq leading a platoon of infantry soldiers into battle. During that combat tour he learned how important unit cohesion was to surviving a war, both physically and mentally. He observed that this cohesion developed as the soldiers experienced the horrors of combat as a group, spending their downtime together and processing their shared experiences.

When Spencer returned to Iraq five years later to take command of a troubled company, he found that his lessons on how to build unit cohesion were no longer as applicable. Rather than bonding and processing trauma as a group, soldiers now spent their downtime separately, on computers communicating with family back home. Spencer came to see the internet as a threat to unit cohesion, but when he returned home and his wife was deployed, the internet connected him and his children to his wife on a daily basis.

In Connected Soldiers Spencer delivers lessons learned about effective methods for building teams in a way that overcomes the distractions of home and the outside world, without reducing the benefits gained from connections to family.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The Blossom and the Firefly

by Smith, Sherri L.

Paperback /Paperback

$7.49

Path of the Fury

by Weber, David

Paperback /Mass Market Paperbound

$6.79

Why America Loses Wars: Limited ...

by Stoker, Donald

Hardcover /Hardcover

$29.95

The Naked and the Dead: ...

by Mailer, Norman

Paperback /Paperback

$20.24

listens & views

MASTER SERIE 1

by GRECO,JULIETTE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$8.49

LIEBMAN,DAVID / VARIOUS

by LIEBMAN,DAVID / VARIOUS

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$21.25

RELENTLESS

by DAWN OF AZAZEL

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$11.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group