Onboarding West Point civilians to the Army profession through the civilian military experience
APA Citation:
Konheim-Kalkstein, Y. L., Meybaum, M., Dull, T., Strauchler, O., Dykhuis, E. M., & Arbrogas, M. (2023). Onboarding West Point civilians to the Army profession through the civilian military experience. Journal of Military Learning. https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Journal-of-Military-Learning/Journal-of-Military-Learning-Archives/JML-October-2023/CivMX/
Focus:
Programming
Other
Branch of Service:
Army
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Subject Affiliation:
Military non-medical service providers
Civilian
Population:
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Authors:
Konheim-Kalkstein, Yasmine L., Meybaum, Marc, Dull, Thomas, Strauchler, Orin, Dykhuis, Elise M., Arbrogas, Matthew
Abstract:
All faculty and staff at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) support the academy’s mission to educate, train, and inspire cadets to become commissioned leaders of character and are responsible for contributing to the academy’s culture of character growth. Yet, without previous Army experience, civilian faculty and staff often struggle to understand the Army profession and how to contribute to cadets’ professional development. The Civilian Military Experience was developed to provide civilian faculty an immersive military and academic training experience that resembles cadet field training at West Point. This training provided civilian faculty and staff with an intimate interactive experience that led to increased understanding of the demands of cadet life and leadership within the Army profession.
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
CivMX
Publication Type:
Article
Keywords:
onboarding, West Point, military cadets