Lesson Plans
from the US Armed Forces Staff College from a Military Ethics
Elective Course
by - LtCol Vic Salazar, USA
This paper provides a course outline and a sample lesson plan from an elective military ethics course at the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College. The course outline includes lessons on leadership and lying, accountability, Tailhook (Harvard School of Law case study), the amount of force required (atom bomb at Hiroshima), use of land mines, Uniform Code of Military Justice/Laws, Mogadishu case study, necessity of an ethical code, and developing and ethical code for your command.
The sample lesson plan assesses leadership and lying. Objectives, readings, format, focus, discussion questions, and small group activities are presented.