L. Burton Brender

Cashmere, in the exact center of Washington State, has centuries of settler and Indian history. The Wenatchi called the area Nt'wt'c'kum, and it was later renamed Mission in honor of the work of Catholic priests Charles Marie Pandosy, Urban Grassi, and Stephen de Roug . Mission then welcomed its first settler, Alexander Bartholom us Brender; the future commander of the Civil War's Army of the Potomac, George McClellan; and the Great Northern Railway. In 1904, Judge James H. Chase led the town's rechristening as Cashmere. It grew from a frontier train stop into an established community with lush orchards and prominent enterprises like the Cashmere Valley Record, the Cashmere Valley Bank, and the Cashmere Museum. Today, its world-class goods and produce, like Aplets & Cotlets and Crunch Pak sliced apples, sit on store shelves internationally. Come explore this global community and stillfiercely independent piece of the Pacific Northwest.

In this second volume of the Mission Command Anthology, a team of new and returning authors offers diverse perspectives on the concept of Mission Command. Drawing from their first-hand experience as leaders as well as rigorous scholarship, they provide insight as relevant to the future of national defense as it is to how the reader will lead his or her own team.