In a similar way, the US Army has also identified core leadership competencies, along with specific behaviors that are essential for each competency. For example, for the competency ‘‘leads,’’ specific behaviors include leads others, extends influence beyond immediate chain of command, and leads by example. The Army core leader competencies are grounded in the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal cour- age. These competencies emerged from a detailed self examination of the way leaders were being trained, resulting in changes in the Army leadership component of their field manual. Other service branches have slightly different core values, but the leadership competencies are similar