publish a variety of professional service manuals (re-
ferred to as Training Circulars and Field Manuals) to
codify and address the responsibilities of unit leaders
for environmental stewardship. As stated in the “Unit
Leader’s Handbook for Environmental Stewardship,”
All leaders are expected to serve as the Army’s basic
environmental stewards. They have a professional
and personal responsibility to understand and sup-
port the Army’s environmental program... which will
enable leaders to complete an assigned mission and
conserve the fighting strength, while protecting the
environment and conserving our natural resources
(U.S. Army, 1994).Also included in this Handbook are statements of
policy from then-Army Chief of Staff General Gordon
Sullivan:
The Army will be a national leader in environmental
and natural resources stewardship for present and
future generations as an integral part of our mission.
Among the many challenges we in the United States
Army face today, none is more crucial than the balanc-
ing of realistic training, dwindling resources, and the
preservation of our vital natural resources. We must
remain trained and ready; we must protect the envi-
ronment today and in the future. Just as we preserve
and defend the freedom of this great country of ours,
so must we also protect its finite and precious resourc-
es (U.S. Army, 1994).This educational component of Army officer and
non-commissioned officer training continues today
and has been broadened to incorporate larger contexts
of sustainability. Additional educational initiatives in
military sustainability have emerged beyond the in-
service training to include graduate level courses at