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A “great commander” is that leader who best understands and exploits the realities of warfare as practiced at his time.(Gabel, 2014, p. 125)
General Pershing was stubborn, erogant, an dhis determination to do things his way cost him to lose the confidence and trust of allie and subirdinates. His rigid mentality ultimatly bent as he understood that the army was to large for him to achieve victory alone, he employed two establish commanders to command the 1st Army was he diveded it into two. that showed his flexibility and humbleness to understand he couldnt do it alone.
*Even though General Pershing was never consider a great commander in conparision, his achievemetns after the great war is what he broguth to the Armerican Army, the implementation of doctrine and education for junior leaders transition into the education systems we have in our military today. Pershing understood the need of our junior leaders being educated and well train before being faced with command responsabilities at any level.

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In 1917, as America entered World War I, General John J. Pershing was appointed commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to assist the Allied powers against German forces.
Battle of Cantigny

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John had no desire for a military career.

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John J. Pershing was born in Laclede, Missouri, on September 13, 1860.

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General John "Black Jack" Pershing was a leader in the army that made a name for himself by becoming a innovator, changing the way we faught in WWI, undertood his ability and made changes to ensure victory, he was stubborn and maybe ridgid at times but when he understood the severity of his postion and the area he was dealing with he huumbled himself and place the right people in charge. He introduce the need of education in our military and i believe he was the reaso we now have the most educated force across the world fighting todyas battles.

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Eleven years later, his Philippines experience made him a natural choice to command the Punitive Expedition that President Woodrow Wilson dispatched to Mexico in 1916 to pursue Pancho Villa and his marauding army after they attacked American border towns along the Rio Grande. Although Pershing never caught Villa, he thoroughly disrupted his operations.

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After high school graduation, John J. Pershing took a job teaching African American students at Prairie Mound School

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Pershing served in the 6th Cavalry in a number of military engagements against the Sioux and Apache tribes. In the Spanish-American War he commanded the all-black 10th Cavalry and was later awarded the Silver Citation Star (later upgraded to the Silver Star) for his valor.

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Roosevelt nominated Pershing as a brigadier general, a move Congress approved, allowing Pershing to skip three ranks and more than 800 officers senior to him.

John J. Pershing was the first American general to exemplify the “great managerial commander” of the modern age.

the Strenght of mind he possed along with, persronal courage, and strength of character line him up with the leader requirments of Clausewitz. they were display in his command of the American Expeditionary Force as he understood he couldnt command the army alone as it was to large and to much was happening he had the personal courage to take his pride out of the equation and make the right chice by dividing the responsabilities with two other commanders. understanding his character traites, that was a huge step for him.

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Gabel, C. (2014). Great Commanders [Illustrated Edition]. Pickle Partners Publishing.

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I believe his decision to change levels of responsibility to best see the whole picture and allowing junior Leaders to fight and make decisions through the intent and end state in mind was vital in the evolution of how we fight in today's military the command and control and being able to expand its goals though his subordinates was key and something worth looking into. Also, the technology we fight with today is so fast-changing that five years from now it will be considered old equipment. so it is innovation and the flexibility of leaders to adjust to the environment in which they find themselves in, which will allow them to achieve victory.

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Santiago, I like your conclusions. Pershing's iron will, which is an asset when dealing with the British and the French, is ultimately a liability when employing the AEF. Pershing had to change, and you were astute in pointing this out.