Book excerpt: This second place paper for the 2014 General Douglas MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition explores the U.S. Army's inattention to communication as a leadership skill is particularly acute in light of the abundance of modern communication tools. The means available for Army leaders to communicate are the best they have ever been. Paradoxically, these increases in communication capacity diminish communications between leaders and those led. The Army is drowning in communications, and the victim is good leadership. The solution is remarkably simple: acknowledge the importance of effective communication and integrate the teaching of communication skills -- writing and speaking -- throughout the Army officer education system.