military leadership
Generals and admirals
Military leadership is the exercise of authority and direction over armed forces.
It encompasses command of troops in combat, strategic decision-making, and the cultivation of discipline and morale.
The term applies both to the act of leading and to the leaders themselves: The military leadership met to discuss the offensive.
Good military leadership balances tactical skill with care for personnel.
- command structureOrder-giving hierarchy
- mission planningPreparing how to achieve objectives
- battlefield tacticsCombat maneuvering methods
- battle planScheme for combat
- fog of warUncertainty in combat situations
campaign management · boots on the ground · general staff · grand strategy · theater of war · decisiveness · rules of engagement · joint operations · coalition building · hearts and minds · chain of command · combat readiness · officer corps · defense policy · war council · commander · lead from the front · risk assessment
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- military studiesstrategy, tactics, combat strategy, campaign planning, wargaming
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
- Finnish historyFinland, Winter War, Soviet invasion, Russian Empire, imperial rule
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
military leadershipenlisted ranks
Non-officer military members
enlisted personnel · rank and file · privates · foot soldiers · grunts
military leadershipcivilian authority
Nonmilitary governmental control
political leadership · elected officials · democratic governance · civilian control