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The battle of the
Bulge to the
crossing of the rhine
Leadership EXPERIENCE
14-20 MAY 2019
Course Outline
Pre-course:
Reading list / assignments distributed / Pre-course orientation
Delegates fly to Frankfurt am Main Airport [FRA]
Tuesday, 14 May 2019— Frankfurt & Aachen
Attendees meet at Frankfurt am Main Airport
Remagen Bridge
Siegfried Line Defenses & “Dragon’s Teeth”
Course orientation and briefing
Overnight in Aachen, Germany
Wednesday, 15 May 2019 — Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning
The Kall Trail
Vossenack
Hill 400
Overnight in Aachen, Germany
Thursday, 16 May 2019 — Battle of the Bulge
Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning
Northern Shoulder—Col. Peiper’s “Spearhead”
Krinkelt, Honsfeld, Maimedy, Stavelot, LaGleize, Stoumont, Trois Ponts
Overnight in Aachen, Germany
Friday, 17 May 2019 — Battle of the Bulge
Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning
St. Vith, Battle of the Bulge Memorial, Houffalize, Ge. McAuliffe’s HQ
Bastogne: Easy Company (“Band of Brothers”) Sites, Bastogne Siege Sites
Overnight in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Saturday, 18 May 2019— Battle of the Bulge
Discussion/reflection on previous day’s learning
Luxembourg American Cemetery (Gen. George Patton’s Gravesite)
Ettlebruck
Trier
Overnight in Frankfurt, Germany
Sunday, 19 May 2019— Frankfurt
Debrief / reflection on the “Leadership Experience” / roundtable on lessons learning and applicability to the
modern police workplace
Frankfurt sites
Course closure
Monday, 20 May 2019— Frankfurt
Departure
“’I truly believe that the staff ride concept produced an environment for an unprecedented learning experience.’” He
noted that even though the staff ride evolved from a military concept, it has nothing to do with war. “He underscored
that people who have never experienced a staff ride should not mistakenly assume it equates [their business] with the
business of war. In fact, it does no such thing.” [Robert Mutch, US Fire Service consultant, quoted in “What’s A Staff
Ride?,” Volume 62, No. 4, Fall 2002, pp 6-7, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service: Fire Management Today]
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