Military Review English Edition November-December 2013 | Page 37

GROWING LEADERS
enhancing internal networks of sensors and information pathways. Such networks provide an obvious lure
away from mission command. During the Vietnam
War, commanders in helicopters gave orders to junior
leaders below them in the midst of battle.36 Today’s
senior leaders do not have to leave their command
post—or even be in theater—to micromanage operations.
Telling senior leaders they can watch and communicate with their smallest units is one thing. But,
also expecting them not to control these units’ actions
when they disagree with their subordinates’ decisions
is almost certainly unrealistic.
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