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Banner illustration for The Art of Collaborative Counseling (Illustration by Special Warfare Journal staff.)The Art of Collaborative Counseling

For years, Soldiers have experienced counseling sessions, desk side conversations, and heart-to-heart discussions with mentors, raters, and commanders that provided them with the opportunity to discuss their goals and development. Often, they listen to how the leader thought they could improve themselves within the confines of the counselor’s vision or end state. Frequently, the subject leaves understanding the leader’s desires, but are no closer to understanding how to achieve the goals of the rater, the organization. They lack specific, tangible information on how to improve. In the Army, it feels that the science of counseling is more prescriptive, but the counseling art form is nebulous. 
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Tag: Technological Development

Feb. 20, 2026

Perspectives: 21st Century Hedgerow Problems

Successful technology companies ruthlessly focus on how customers will use their products. Likewise, the best tool for senior leaders to determine where to invest constrained research and development (R&D) budgets is their soldiers. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) soldiers at all levels are learning from the evolving pace and technology of modern warfare, as seen in recent conflicts from the clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan to the war in Ukraine. Our formation is struggling to visualize how this evolution will change future conflicts. A significant challenge is the potential disconnect between leaders who make critical technology acquisition decisions and the tactical teams who will ultimately employ the new tools. To correct this imbalance, ARSOF leaders should involve soldiers at the tactical level in wargaming the potential employment of new and emerging technologies, thereby ensuring our formations receive the right tools and have a well-thought-out plan for integrating them appropriately.

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