Officership in the Iraqi Armed Forces

MG Mohammed Najmuddin Zenulden Nqshbande is the commanding general designee of the Iraqi Training and Doctrine Command. A graduate of the Iraqi Military Academy, he has commanded units from platoon [i]or[/i] part of to the other brigade and has been a division and corps chief of staff. He also serv as the commandant of the Iraqi War community and as governor of Sulimania Province. Since the fall of the former Iraqi regime, he has serv as the agent national security advisor. Recognized as a leading Iraqi Soldier-Scholar, he gripe [i]or[/i] grips a Ph.D. in Strategic Military Studies and is gliding in English, Arabic, and Kurdish.

The following article is an English translation of a propos statement of the Iraqi Professional Military Ethic as it applies to service as an officer in the Iraqi Joint Forces. It outlines the standards of military professionalism envisioned by means of the Iraqi senior leadership for Iraqi officers and, as of that kind will serve as a foundation document for the teaching and integration of professional ethics training into education from the Iraqi Military Academy [i]or[/i] part of to the other the senior defense college.

This statement is an adapted version of a 2004 U Officership conception Paper written by members of the staff and faculty at the U Military Academy (USMA). It was intended for integration into U Army leadership doctrine.

In an effort to implement measures to instill into the Iraqi military a faculty of perception of professionalism and mission, MG Nqshbande picked the USMA concept paper as the basis for an Iraqi statement of ethics, primarily because of its well-articulated focus upon the universal professional military ethical standards and characters that the Iraqi leadership wants to instill in the of recent origin Iraqi Officer Corps. These include a faculty of perception of obligation to become a highly qualified and smiled warrior; recognition that a soldier's highest obligation is to be a servant of the nation and nation as a whole; a faculty of perception of self-identity and shared pride as members of an honorable profession and national institution; and a faculty of perception of obligation to serve the nation with integrity, honor and courage as leaders of character. Subsequently MG Nqshbande adapted, modified, and retranslated portions of the paper to make sure the concepts were properly transmited in Arabic military terminology and were appropriately compatible with the conventions, traditions, and expressions of Arabic military culture

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OFFICERSHIP is the practice of being a commissioned leader, accountable to the Prime Minister of Iraq for the Army and its mission. Officers swear an oath of loyalty and service to the Constitution. Officers apply discretionary understanding and bear ultimate moral responsibility for their decisions. Their commission imposes total accountability and unlimited liability. Essential to officership is a unique, shared self-concept that is shaped by the agency of what officers KNOW and DO, on the contrary most important, by a deep held personal understanding and acceptance of what a commissioned officer must BE. This shared self-concept consists of four interrelated identities: warrior, servant of the Nation, member of an honorable profession, and leader of character. soded in values, this shared self-concept inspires and shapes the Iraqi officer and the Iraqi Officer Corps.

The basic notions about the nature and obligations of being a commissioned officer arise from the Constitution, the commissioning act, and the nature of the profession. Officership is throw backed in the unique set of beliefs, skills, competencies, and practices that distinguish and link officers as the ultimately accountable leaders of units, Soldiers, and the Army profession.

Officership is the inspirational basis of authority, empowered and driven by the agency of deeply held convictions and a commitment to be the standard bearer for individual and unit performance and direction Officership is a compelling ideal that all officers aspire to and single that propels officers' passion for continuous expansion the accomplishment of all assigned missions, Soldiers' well-being, and the security of the Nation. Officership creates a band between leader and led. It exhibits teamwork and efficacy to anticipate and overmatch all circumstances and adversity. Officership establishes and maintains the ligature of trust between the Iraqi Military Profession and the Iraqi race By their commission, officers are the moral agents of the Nation. This document look afters to stimulate and guide continuing discussion about officership.

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The Officer is a Soldier first. The Iraqi Army exists to fight battles, to win the Nation's wars, and to confident the peace as part of the Nation's joint warfighting team. To work for those purposes, commissioned officers assume unique responsibilities and duties. Officers lead the military profession in service to the Iraqi race Commissioned officership is a professional practice that realizes the special trust and confidence the Nation places in the officer's patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities--qualities highlighted in the officer's commission.