Army Character Development

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This paper explores the character development of Army professionals. It starts by exploring the thoughts of General George Washington and his thoughts on character within the military. General George Washington believed Character was essential to the success of the military. It continues on by explaining why character is important to Army professionals. Character enables trust to grow within the military strengthening the Army as a whole. The paper then moves on to explore traits that make up an individual’s character. Those traits relate to the military in the form of the Army Values. Living up the Army Values is a baseline for developing good character traits and habits. If you’re not following the Army Values then your exhibiting poor character traits and going against the core values essential to military service. Lastly this paper explores character development within the three levels of Army leadership. This section highlights the role of character development within the strategic, organizational, and direct leadership levels. Keywords: CAPE - Center for the Army Profession and Ethic

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Practice makes perfect. Honesty, integrity and respect are obvious Army Values and should be implemented without question. The trait listed above that stands out the most to me is to be a good citizen. That trait in and of itself encompasses all of the others because it can be either the first step to developing character or the final piece to round out your character building. Every other trait listed can vary from person to person in importance, but none relate to every other, the way that being a good citizen can. As Army Soldiers we are still citizens of this great country. We need to show good character and continue to improve where we can to positively represent our country as

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