THE ARMY WRITING PROGRAM

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THE ARMY WRITING PROGRAM SIGNAL OFFICER BASIC COURSE THE ARMY WRITING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 1. TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. TO ESTABLISH COURSE GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS. TO REVIEW THE USE OF ARMY FORMS AND FORMATS.

REQUIREMENTS LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. COMMAND PHILOSOPHY MEMORANDUM

REFERENCE LIBRARY DICTIONARY—LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD AR 25-50—PREPARING AND MANAGING CORRESPONDENCE DA PAM 600-67—EFFECTIVE WRITING FOR ARMY LEADERS GRAMMAR TEXT—ENGLISH SIMPLIFIED GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STYLE MANUAL

CLARITY AVOID— JARGON/SLANG GOBBLEDYGOOK EUPHENISMS VAGUENESS ACRONYMS CLICHES/TRITE EXPRESSIONS SMOTHERED VERBS

CORRECTNESS GRAMMAR PUNCTUATION USAGE SPELLING FORM (BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT) FORMAT PACKAGING

OSTRACIZE “IZE” WORDS UTILIZE COMPARTMENTALIZE STRATEGIZE MILITARIZE MINIMIZE SYSTEMIZE LEGITIMATIZE SYSTEMATIZE PRIORITIZE FACTIONALIZE

POEM I HAVE A SPELLING CHECKER IT CAME WITH MY PC; IT PLAINLY MARKS FOUR MY REVUE MISTAKES I CANNOT SEA. I’VE RUN THIS POEM THRU IT. I’M SURE YOUR PLEASE TO NO. ITS LETTER PERFECT IN ITS WEIGH, MY CHECKER TOLLED ME SEW.