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    Contact Us  Army National Guard Leader Development Program Enhance and support the State's and Territories' capability to develop Army National Guard leader's knowledge, skills, competencies, attributes, and behaviors to produce agile and adaptive leaders at echelon, who are able to operate and succeed in complex and dynamic environments. By creating and providing leader development resources, opportunities, and content in the experiential and self-development realms of professional development, which deliver broadening experience or increased technical and conceptual competency in order to enable Leader Development across the 54 States and Territories.
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 Welcome to the official page of the Leader’s Recon Podcast! Our mission is to close the gap between the National Guard’s senior leadership, and Soldiers across the 54. Below you will find information about professional development, broadening opportunities, and much, much more. If there is a subject you would like us to cover, or if you know of someone who we should interview, please contact us! Our goal is to provide you the best, most complete set of tools and skills to help you succeed as a member in today’s Army National Guard.  "I am a Soldier. The rank doesn't make me a Soldier; I make the rank." - CSM John Sampa (Ep. 11 - Developing Oneself as a First Line Leader)
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