In the U.S. Army, the job of a battalion or brigade commander is to compel a group of human beings to resist their natural urge toward survival and self-preservation in the name of protecting the nation’s security at the precise moment of crisis — to compel their subordinates to lay down their lives for another.

To lead in the pitch of battle, the Army needs commanders who meet the highest standards. The Command Assessment Program (CAP) — developed during the first Trump administration — was always about these standards. First applied to battalion command selection at the O-5 (lieutenant colonel) level through the Battalion Commander Assessment Program (BCAP), CAP expanded to assess and select brigade commanders at the O-6 level (CCAP) and later expanded to the enlisted ranks through the

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