Battle book for the company commander spouse this handbook is meant to be a helpful guide for any company commander spouse or any appointed representative who agrees to assist with spouse leadership when the company commander is not married. Heres why the army is changing its family readiness groups. A command spouse is married to someone in a leadership role commander within a unit, squadron, battalion, regiment, brigade, group, wing etc. Benefit from downloading a copy of the spouses battlebook. The courses for spouses of commanders are conducted in. Arnaville, altuzzo, and schmidt, both in the official series united states army in world war ii. Its our battle book, sort of, on the spouse side of the house. Commanders will lead the new soldier and family readiness groups. The company commanders spouse battle book is a versatile and condensed resource. This book was required reading for all senior leadership in our battalion years ago and is extremely useful to both new first sergeants and commanders. As the army way of doing business changes, information regarding family support requires updating so that new information is disseminated. Macdonald was the author of the siegfried line campaign and coauthor of three battles. The company commanders spouse battle book by spouse.
Programs for senior spouses joint navy, marines, air force, army. His first book, company commander, was published in 1947, while his wartime experiences were fresh in his mind. This years project focuses on how to mentor spouses through the rigors of military life, towery said. The preceding three paragraphs were taken directly from the battlebook iv spouses update ay 2009. As a newly commisioned captain of a veteran army regiment, macdonalds first combat was war at its most hellish the battle of the bulge. It is the spouse project from the usawc class of 2009 and was written for five reasons. Battle book iv is a revision of the two previous spouses battle books produced by spouses of usawc students. It was written by our volunteer committee of spouses from. Other projects have created a battle book for the company commander s spouse, and last years class penned a guide to military protocol in 67 different countries. The company commanders spouse battle book army war college. It was also recommended reading by the sergeants major academy for all first sergeant course attendees. There are no official duties or defined role for a spouse of a commanding officer. The following army listings is available in chapters of the spouse battle book. Frg can minimize family distracters conserving the unit commanders time.
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