Battle of First Bull Run. Staff Ride Guide
Ted Ballard - Battle of First Bull Run. Staff Ride Guide
Center of Military History United States Army | 2007 | ISBN: N/A | English | 95 pages | PDF | 17.1 MB
Center of Military History United States Army | 2007 | ISBN: N/A | English | 95 pages | PDF | 17.1 MB
The U.S. Army has long used the staff ride as a tool for professional development, conveying the lessons of the past to contemporary soldiers. A First Bull Run staff ride can offer significant military lessons. Revisiting this battle through the "eyes" of the men who were there, both leaders and rank-and-file soldiers, allows one insights into decision making under pressure and the human condition during battle. The campaign contains many lessons in command and control, communications, intelligence, logistics, the accommodation of advances in weapon technology, and mobilization in the absence of universal military training. Ted Ballard has been a historian with the U.S. Army Center of Military History since 1980 and a part of the Center's staff ride program since 1986.