by Jessica Scott | Dec 1, 2011 | army officers, company command, leadership, publishing, random, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, Writing
The Army has these things called Army Values. They make up the acronum LDRSHIP and stand for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. In our society, we pay a lot of lip service to these things but at the end of the day,...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 20, 2011 | company command, leadership, Uncategorized
Apparently, I’m quotable. My lieutenants, past and present, well, actually all past now, thought they’d make me laugh with a list of things I said frequently over the last year. Honestly, I can’t believe I’m sharing this. It’s actually...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 20, 2011 | army mom, army officers, company command, leadership, Uncategorized, working mom
It’s barely been a year since I took the guidon. I’m sitting here now, no longer Viper 6. It feels strange because I half expect the phone to chime with one of my LTs asking me something. It was a great year. Very frustrating but also very rewarding. There...
by Jessica Scott | Sep 19, 2011 | army officers, company command, Fort Hood, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
I’m a policy wonk. Most of the time, I keep things toned down here on the blog but those of you that know me understand that I really can’t put everything I rant about in real life on the blog. But tomorrow is a big day for the military and the Army that I love so of...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 23, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized
There are literally dozens of jobs that one takes on when one takes the guidon. I’m writing a book about company command when I’m done with this whole experience and it’s going to talk about all the bat shit crazy things you will see or hear while in command. I’ll...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 6, 2011 | army officers, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized
So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying to get to for years since the wars started. Finally, the senior leaders...