Argumentative Essay Instructions
For this assignment, you are continuing your role from your JLTV assignment as a senior staff officer working on a division staff. Your information paper updated the CG on general JLTV program information using sources provided to you in the document called “F100 Information Paper and Essay References.” These and other updated sources are still valid for this assignment but the assignment has a different purpose and format than the JLTV assignment and will need to provide authoritative and convincing analysis to help the CG make a decision.
For this assignment you are in the role of a Division Staff Officer taking a brief for your principal. View one set of video staff briefings (links are attached) for the MP battalion you are taking the briefing from or the other.
After viewing the videos (replicating your attendance at their briefing), prepare and submit a position paper in argumentative essay style recommending to your Senior Staff Officer/Principal for or against the Battalion’s proposal. Refer to ST 22-2 Leader Communication (March 2016) to review the components of an argumentative essay and the citations of sources. Your essay must have an introduction with a thesis statement; body paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting key points, and examples/evidence to support the thesis; and a conclusion that summarizes the main points and reiterates the thesis.
TOPIC: Incorporating points from one set of the battalion presentations and other authoritative sources, articulate your recommendation as a division staff officer on whether the division’s JLTV initial fielding plan should be changed or not. The recommendation analysis should include the number of vehicles, the “bill-payer” strategy, the potential impacts or pushback from other stakeholders, and the risks. Include at least two DOTMLPF-P domain considerations (doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy), and a recommendation for a TOE or for an MTOE change.
Do not provide a simple summation to the question. You must write an argumentative essay, and hence argue the senior staff point of view supported by specific examples and evidence to convince the CG.
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GUIDANCE FOR WRITING THE ESSAY:
• Must be typed and double-spaced
• Must use Arial 12-pitch font and one-inch margins
• Must be a minimum of three pages, but cannot exceed five pages
• Must provide endnote or footnote citation and a bibliography IAW CGSC ST22-2.
• Must use active voice and NOT use first person
A cover page is optional.
NOTE: You completed the F105 information paper for the JLTV. Ensure you apply the faculty feedback / guidance you received for the information paper to your essay. The information paper provided pertinent facts and /or JLTV background. That information should not be repeated but can be incorporated into your analysis as you create your argument/position for the JLTV.
*** FINAL CONSIDERATIONS ***
Always cite your sources. If something is not your original thought, you need to cite your source using either footnotes or endnotes IAW the Turabian style of documentation; do not use parenthetical citations. This includes direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries of the assigned readings, doctrinal references, or outside sources. You may use the F100 online lessons, readings, and references to help you prepare your assignment. Refer to ST 22-2 for guidance about citations and footnotes. Both proper citation and a bibliography are required.
Feedback to Learner1/9/20 9:35 AM
Make sure you pay close attention to the assignment instructions and the question being asked.
Pleases refer to the notes on the 1009W and within the document.
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