Military Review English Edition May-June 2015 | Page 2

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Col. Anna R. Friederich-Maggard

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s I approach my twoyear anniversary as the
editor-in-chief of this
fine professional journal, I can’t
help but reflect on the positive
changes we’ve experienced, such
as adding color imagery, changing
our layout, and altering our submission guidelines
to improve readability. We’ve enhanced our social
media presence, and we’ve attracted prominent
high-level contributors to add to our already stellar
pool of authors. But, we’re not through yet. More
changes are ahead!
Our May–June edition includes some great submissions on a wide variety of topics. Brig. Gen. Ronald
Kirklin, the 53rd Quartermaster General of the Army
and commandant of the Quartermaster School, provides his thoughts on how the Army can best serve its
top midgrade officers in “Identifying and Retaining the
Army’s Best Midgrade Officers.” 1st Lt. Don Gomez
and Staff Sgt. Samuel Heer provide a company-grade
perspective on integrating resilience training at the
small-unit level in “Operational Resilience in the
Infantry Rifle Platoon.”
Some other great articles I know you will find fascinating are those by Chris Bowers and Rob Hynes. Maj.
Chris Bowers analyzes U.S. operations in Sadr City,
which provides lessons for future Army activity in extremely large metropolitan areas in his article “Future
Megacity Operations—Lessons from Sadr City.” Lt.
Col. Rob Hynes makes a compelling argument against

including Department of the Army civilians as part of
the Army Profession in “Army Civilians and the Army
Profession.” Also, Maj. Kane Wright, Australian army,
provides his MacArthur Leadership Award-winning
submission, “Great Results through Bad Leaders: the
Positive Effects of Toxic Leadership,” in which he delivers a unique perspective on what is normally considered a terrible organizational problem.
Military Review continues to improve and increase
its readership thanks to the feedback from our readers
and the high quality of submissions by our authors. I
encourage all our readers to look at the themes for our
upcoming editions listed on the next page and to consider submitting an article, and I strongly recommend
that authors submit their proposed articles as soon as
possible after announcement of the themes for maximum opportunity of early evaluation and acceptance.
Although we hold a limited amount of space in reserve
for particularily distinguished articles, we routinely
begin filling the list of articles accepted for each edition
between nine and twelve months in advance of expected publication. Articles submitted within 90 days of
an issue’s publication date will still be considered for
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CAC2/MilitaryReview/index.asp#write.
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Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, work as a six member team to lift a heavy log over their heads 20 times while competing in the Ivy Heptathlon during Iron Horse Week, 28 January 2015.
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