On October 7th, several Wellesley ALLIES members were able to join the MIT ROTC community in welcoming Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commanding General of United States Army Europe for a luncheon. Over sandwiches, they discussed leadership in the 21st century.
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On September 24th, two Wellesley students joined at an ALLIES delegation to the United States Military Academy at West Point to participate in a Key Leadership Engagement Excercise. This is one of many opportunities that the Wellesley College Chapter of ALLIES provides for young women to engage with their future security-related careers. What exactly is a Key Leadership Engagement (KLE)?
According the Department of Defense, key leader engagement refers to "personal interactions between unit leadership and key power figures and influencers within a local civilian community." These interactions are used to build trust between the military and civilian populations, often emphasizing value creation and relationship-building. Often, these conversations are facilitated by third-party civilian organizations including government entities and various aid organizations. This type of engagement is particularly relevant during counterinsurgency operations which require the goodwill of the local population for maintaining security and gathering intelligence. In this scenario, the Wellesley and Tufts ALLIES delegation fulfilled the foreign civilian roles, role-playing State Department officials, Doctors Without Borders medics, and USAID delegates respectively. For a more detailed synopsis of our experience, please read Tufts ALLIES member Joshua Golding's summary here: http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/blog/trip-west-point-key-leader-engagement-exercise-senior-joshua-golding |
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