Garrison Leaders In The Military Environment

The combat and garrison environments are each unique in their own aspects. The combat environment depends on the garrison for many things. ‘We train as we fight’ is one of the more specific examples. Leadership in these environments is no different. Although dependent on the garrison environment the combat environment is much more complex. The leadership that is honed while in garrison helps prepare Leaders for combat. There is less control over Soldiers in a garrison environment than in a combat environment because of the freedoms that after duty hours provide the Soldiers. Establishing strict leadership standards in garrison will help lead Soldiers more effectively in a combat environment.

While in garrison Leaders focus on basic principles of leadership, standards, welfare of the Soldier and discipline. Things like counseling, training, room inspections and uniform standards take the priority in a garrison environment. Field training exercises and ranges are the closest that garrison environment gets to combat situations. …show more content…
The priorities from the garrison environment are still required. Soldiers still need all the aspects of Army life from the garrison environment; but if there is only time to fight the enemy, the garrison life has to be set aside. Questions about and having to explain every minute detail must be set aside. A Soldier’s understanding of an order or instruction is not as important as the speed in which it is executed during a combat situation. Decisive and swift action is the goal when facing an enemy, this is how wars are won. The basis of trust in leaders, that is required for this to take place, is formed during the leadership that is exhibited during garrison. If a leader can be trusted in the small, I will care for your need, issues they are more likely to be trusted during