John J. "Black Jack" Pershing by Gabriel Dominguez https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52 en-us 2020-05-17 16:42:11 UTC 2025-10-01 11:42:13 UTC hello@padlet.com HS-315 Leadership of Great Commanders gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578083390 Gabriel Dominguez II
17 May 2020 
gdominguez@grantham.edu]]> 2020-05-17 16:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578083390 Introduction gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578195534 General John J. Pershing was a commander who had to learn how to catch his army up to its time. Being a commander that controlled a brigade-sized unit to managing four million men, Pershing would know that he could not do it all by himself. He would instill discipline in accordance with West Point policy to the American Expeditionary Force. 

 Picture from (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/john-j-pershing) ]]> 2020-05-17 18:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578195534 Background gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578195701 John Joseph Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, and died July 15, 1948. He was a U.S. Army General who commanded the American Expeditionary Force during World War I.

Years of Service: 1886-1924 
  • Apache Indian War: Ghost Dance War of 1890 
  • Spanish American War, 10th Cavalry from1898 to 1913
  • Governor of Moro Province from 1909 to 1913 
  • Mexican American War from 1916 to 1917
  • Became Commander from 1917 to 1920 of the American Expeditionary Forces 
  • General of the Armies US Army
  • Became Army Chief of Staff from 1921 to 1924 
]]> 2020-05-17 18:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578195701 Leadership Attributes and Flaws gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578196114 Attributes: 
  • Political Ability 
  • Ordered and demanded discipline 
  • Great organizational commander
  • Open Warfare
  • Meet head-on Authority (courage)
Flaws:
  • Trench Warfare
  • Strict
  • Inexperience (modern warfare, army size, logistic and tactics) 
]]> 2020-05-17 18:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578196114 Leadership Accomplishments and Failures gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578196722 Accomplishments:
  • AEF Commander - Creating a separate and independent American army.
  • War against Pancho Villa
  • Governor of Moro Province Cuba 1898
Failures:
  • The steep learning curve in Modern Warfare
  • Weapons and Tactics
  • American exceptionalism (Pride)
]]> 2020-05-17 18:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578196722 Analysis gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578197378 The reason we study leaders like General Pershing is because of the transformation of the Army took while in command. His realization that the American army was far behind and needed to be elevated to the levels our foes were at came a crucial time. He also showed that command and control of an army as big as the one he was in control of needed more commanders and delegation of order through them. 

Leaders today can learn from commanders like Pershing who conformed Army to the current battlefield especially in today's day and age where the enemy is not known on the battlefield. ]]> 2020-05-17 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578197378 References gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578198819 Gabel, C. & Willbanks, J. (Eds.). (2010). Great commanders. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/GreatCommanders.pdf

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019, September 9). John J. Pershing. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-J-Pershing 

History.com Editors. (2009, October 29). John J. Pershing. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/john-j-pershing 
]]> 2020-05-17 18:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578198819 Conclusion gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578199557 Although General Pershing would have his flaws when dealing with a bigger army, he would still prevail and go down as one of the great commanders. Relying on the strict discipline and determination as well as enforcing policy it by firing leaders who failed to show it grew him great admiration from his men. He was not only great was with his men but his shrewdness with politics help him along the way and because of this, he was able to jump from the rank of Captain to Brigadier General over  862 more-senior officers. General Pershing would also have the backing of President Wilson while in command of the AEF and would use it to his advantage. with all the adversities that General Pershing had he was able to prevail and show that he was the right man for the job at the time, even though he had a hard time dealing with a bigger unit. He would have a hard time dealing with the logistics of dealing with a much greater army as well as using tactics against the enemies. ]]> 2020-05-17 18:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/578199557 The professional advancement of John Pershing. gdominguez15 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/583090666 (L-R) A West Point cadet in the 1880s, Captain of the Tenth Cavalry in the Spanish-American War (1898), Brigadier General in the campaign against Pancho Villa, Mexico (early 1910s), and Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI. 
Picture from (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/john-j-pershing) ]]> 2020-05-19 17:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/583090666 Connolly Remarks cconnolly9 https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/585078780 This is a nice presentation: good color coordination!

One of your conclusions really hits home: Pershing had Wilson's back...and Wilson had Pershing's back. Because they were in step (most of the time), this was a formidable duo. Compare this later when we examine McChrystal and Obama in Afghanistan, when we reach Week 8.... ]]> 2020-05-20 14:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gdominguez15/rhiwu2vnaimilw52/wish/585078780