Joseph Berger III's guest appearances

Joseph Berger III

Battlefield Next

The Quill & Sword

John Norton

Joseph Berger

Rich Gross

DONNA WRIGHT

Joseph Votel

Waldemar A. Solf

Marc L. Warren

Donald Poldon

Fred Borch

Claire Finkelstein

Jonathan Shumate

Patrick Huston

JJ Wellemeyer

R. Patrick Huston

Joshua Wolff

OwlTail

On today’s podcast we have BG Joseph B. Berger, the Commanding General of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the premier training, education, and analysis institution for military law. As the Commander, BG Berger is responsible for developing and executing our Army’s (and in many cases, the Joint Force’s) institutional level legal training of uniform and civilian attorneys, paralegals, and legal administrators. The Legal Center and School’s mandate is not just limited to members of the JAG Corps; it is also responsible for legal training across the Army, from what our Soldiers learn about the law of war during basic combat training to what our most senior commanders learn during their Senior and General Officer Legal Orientations, mandatory courses before they can assume command of our Nation’s sons and daughters.

The Quill & Sword | Battlefield Next Ep 9: BG Joseph Berger III - Modernizing Our Thinking

On today’s podcast we have BG Joseph B. Berger, the Commanding General of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the premier training, education, and analysis institution for military law.  As the Commander, BG Berger is responsible for developing and executing our Army’s (and in many cases, the Joint Force’s) institutional level legal training of uniform and civilian attorneys, paralegals, and legal administrators.  The Legal Center and School’s mandate is not just limited to members of the JAG Corps; it is also responsible for legal training across the Army, from what our Soldiers learn about the law of war during basic combat training to what our most senior commanders learn during their Senior and General Officer Legal Orientations, mandatory courses before they can assume command of our Nation’s sons and daughters.    In mid-May, MAJ Coffey and MAJ Wellemeyer interviewed BG Berger via Zoom to discuss a number of topics including decision-making by lawyers as leaders, lessons learned from his time with special operations units, the speed of decision-making under the OODA loop process, under-writing failure as a leader, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.  Below is a timeline of some of the subject-areas discussed during the episode:  00:00			Introduction  01:05	Decision-making and lessons from SOF assignments  04:50 			OODA loop, risk, and mistakes: how leaders under-write failure   06:45	Confusing “energy” with “progress”  07:49			OODA loop applied to the shift in distributed learning at TJAGLCS  13:44			How the OODA loop ties into mission command  16:10	Comfort with risk and how leaders can underwrite failure to build success   20:47			Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic   23:07			How stress increases at lower echelons  25:06			Closing comments by BG Berger  27:05			Book recommendations   31:55			End notes  If you’re interested in learning more about some of the topics covered during this episode, we recommend the following additional reading and resources:  Early Lessons from the U.S. Army’s Campaign to Conquer COVID-19 by Loren Thompson Explanation of the OODA Loop  BG Berger’s Book Recommendations:  “Barking Up the Wrong Tree:  The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong” by Eric Barker  “Why We Write:  Craft Essays on Writing War” edited by Randy Brown and Steve Leonard “Pale Rider:  The Spanish Flue of 1918 and How it Changed the World” by Laura Spinney  For more information related to FCD you can follow us on Twitter @jagfcd or by visiting our webpage. If you have recommendations or suggestions about future topics or guests, please send us an email at usarmy.pentagon.hqda-tjaglcs.list.tjaglcs-doctrine@mail.mil, or you can leave us a comment by signing in below. Finally, if you like what you hear, please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to “Battlefield Next” on your favorite podcast app. While this is a podcast created by US Army Judge Advocates from Future Concepts Directorate, our goal is to reach other judge advocates and lawyers across the DoD, law students, and members of academia. Your reviews help make this possible.  For more information about the US Army JAG Corps, you can go here. If you’re interested in joining the Army JAG Corps, you can get more information by contacting the Judge Advocate Recruiting Office (JARO) or by visiting their webpage.  *Music by Joseph McDade  **The views expressed on the podcast are the views of the participants and do not necessarily represent those of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the Army, the Department of Defense, or any other agency of the US Government.

On today’s podcast we have BG Joseph B. Berger, the Commanding General of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the premier training, education, and analysis institution for military law. As the Commander, BG Berger is responsible for developing and executing our Army’s (and in many cases, the Joint Force’s) institutional level legal training of uniform and civilian attorneys, paralegals, and legal administrators. The Legal Center and School’s mandate is not just limited to members of the JAG Corps; it is also responsible for legal training across the Army, from what our Soldiers learn about the law of war during basic combat training to what our most senior commanders learn during their Senior and General Officer Legal Orientations, mandatory courses before they can assume command of our Nation’s sons and daughters. In mid-May, MAJ Coffey and MAJ Wellemeyer interviewed BG Berger via Zoom to discuss a number of topics including decision-making by lawyers as leaders, lessons learned from his time with special operations units, the speed of decision-making under the OODA loop process, under-writing failure as a leader, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a timeline of some of the subject-areas discussed during the episode: 00:00			Introduction 01:05	Decision-making and lessons from SOF assignments 04:50 			OODA loop, risk, and mistakes: how leaders under-write failure 06:45	Confusing “energy” with “progress” 07:49			OODA loop applied to the shift in distributed learning at TJAGLCS 13:44			How the OODA loop ties into mission command 16:10	Comfort with risk and how leaders can underwrite failure to build success 20:47			Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic 23:07			How stress increases at lower echelons 25:06			Closing comments by BG Berger 27:05			Book recommendations 31:55			End notes If you’re interested in learning more about some of the topics covered during this episode, we recommend the following additional reading and resources: Early Lessons from the U.S. Army’s Campaign to Conquer COVID-19 by Loren Thompson Explanation of the OODA Loop BG Berger’s Book Recommendations: “Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong” by Eric Barker “Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War” edited by Randy Brown and Steve Leonard “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flue of 1918 and How it Changed the World” by Laura Spinney For more information related to FCD you can follow us on Twitter @jagfcd or by visiting our webpage. If you have recommendations or suggestions about future topics or guests, please send us an email at usarmy.pentagon.hqda-tjaglcs.list.tjaglcs-doctrine@mail.mil, or you can leave us a comment by signing in below. Finally, if you like what you hear, please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to “Battlefield Next” on your favorite podcast app. While this is a podcast created by US Army Judge Advocates from Future Concepts Directorate, our goal is to reach other judge advocates and lawyers across the DoD, law students, and members of academia. Your reviews help make this possible. For more information about the US Army JAG Corps, you can go here. If you’re interested in joining the Army JAG Corps, you can get more information by contacting the Judge Advocate Recruiting Office (JARO) or by visiting their webpage. *Music by Joseph McDade **The views expressed on the podcast are the views of the participants and do not necessarily represent those of The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the Army, the Department of Defense, or any other agency of the US Government.

Episode 9: BG Joseph Berger III – Modernizing Our Thinking