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National Guard school for officers stresses leadership under fire.
Byline: Harry Levins
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. _ Much of the mess in the Army prisons in Iraq has been laid to poor leadership. That adds urgency to the main mission here at the Missouri National Guard's officer candidate school: producing good leaders.
The only mention of the scandal at a weekend training session came near the end, from a chaplain-to-be. To the officer candidates, the aim of the training seems down-to-earth. They fumble with compasses on a patrol, suspecting that an ambush lurks ahead. The exercise seems to be all about infantry soldiering.
Wrong.
"It's not basically the tactics they're graded on," said Capt. Rona Schaefer of Lake Ozark, Mo., a St. Louis native. "It's the leadership." Schaefer is a tactical officer, or "tac" _ in effect, a drill sergeant with officer's rank.
Each new class takes in from 30 to 60 candidates from units all over the state, said the program's chief, Lt. Col. Anthony Bamvakais of Odessa, Mo. Over the grueling course of 14 to 18 months, about a third wash out, Bamvakais said.
That leaves 20 to 40 brand-new second lieutenants. "We graduate a good quality product," Bamvakais said. "In fact, right now, some of our graduates are in the Sandbox" _ Iraq.
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