Army Officer's Guide

The Army Officer’s Guide is the crown jewel of Stackpole’s military reference line. First published in 1930, this guide has been continuously revised since then and has become the gold-standard reference for the U.S. Army’s officer corps, especially the new second lieutenants commissioned into the army out of West Point and ROTC programs.

This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated with the latest information on leadership, training, military justice, promotions, benefits, counseling soldiers, physical fitness, regulations, and much more—everything the officer needs to know in order to do his job well, to advance his career, to navigate the military, and to guide his soldiers on and off the battlefield.

Topics include

• How to train, lead, and counsel troops effectively
• Tips on how to move along your career as an NCO by continuing education, training, and professional development
• Information about all the regulations NCOs need to be aware of in carrying out their jobs
• And much, much more . . .

Stackpole has been guiding military officers and soldiers for more than 80 years. Our guides still offer the best advice in the business—better than any other book, better than the internet.

LTC Eric Hiu (USA, Ret.) is a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who graduated from St. Mary’s College with a degree in history and was commissioned as an infantry officer through the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School. His twenty-five-year career includes rifle platoon leader and company executive officer in the 27th Infantry Regiment; company commander in a mechanized infantry unit in the 9th Infantry Regiment; commander of a headquarters and headquarters company in an air assault battalion in the 503rd Infantry Regiment; and a small group instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, where he was responsible for leading, mentoring, and developing junior captains and senior lieutenants for command and staff positions. He also served as future operations planner in Multi-National Corps, Iraq; joint operation plans officer in the U.S. Second Fleet; director of the Office of Concepts and Doctrine at the U.S. Army War College; operational planner with the Special Operations Joint Task Force, Afghanistan; chief of global force management, U.S. Army, Europe; chief of East/Southeast Asia Plans, U.S. Army, Pacific; and chief of Joint Concepts in the Army Futures Command, the command tasked with modernizing the army for future readiness. Lieutenant Colonel Hiu has received awards including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge.