ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

From the Army to the National Football League, leadership and trust are critical to success, former Army Ranger and professional football player Alejandro Villanueva said.

Speaking May 18 at the LANPAC Leadership Forum hosted in Honolulu by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Center for Leadership, Villanueva shared his story with about 90 midgrade leaders from all three components of the U.S. Army and seven allies and partners, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.

In the vast Indo-Pacific, where soldiers operate in small groups and alongside allies and partners, trust is critical to success, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston said.

“I would say it’s the secret sauce in our Army, this thing called trust,” Grinston said May 16 during a fireside chat focused on the role of NCOs in the Indo-Pacific on the first day of the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2023 LANPAC Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu.

A new paper published by the Association of the U.S. Army introduces the tenets of Army modernization as a primer for the service’s future leaders.

In “Tenets of Army Modernization,” author Lt. Col. Hassan Kamara lays out the individual elements that constitute how the Army “defines, constructs and operates within the context of doctrine, operations, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy,” known as DOTMLPF-P.

More than 120 mid-grade NCOs and officers have a unique opportunity to help senior Army leaders solve some of the toughest challenges facing the force today.

The specially selected group is participating in a Leader Solarium hosted by Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.