Characteristics Of The Army Profession

The Best Profession by Far

Kendy P. Phommavong

Advance Leaders Course

SSG Ramdipsingh/SSG Bass

The Best Profession by Far

The Army profession is imposed, by Chief of Staff of the Army, to all Soldiers and Department of Defense civilians, Army professionals, to carry on their responsibility in maintaining the Army as a military profession. Army professionals are the Soldiers and civilians who maintain the Army Profession; who meets the Army’s qualifications of competence, character, and commitment. Army professionals gives the Army the image that the world sees and knows, so it’s very important for the Army professionals to upkeep the image, no matter what time of day it may be or where they are in the world. The Army Profession is by far the best profession because of the five characteristics: trust, honorable service, military expertise, stewardship, and esprit de corps, which most will

The citizens of America place special trust and beliefs in the Army as a profession, which considers their highest priority to be the service to their Nation. Trust is the foundation of what the Army profession is built upon, as ADRP-1 (2013) states, “trust is the bedrock of the Army’s relationship with the American people” (p. 1-5). Trust in the Army Profession boils down to “trust between Soldiers, trust between Soldiers and Leaders, trust between Soldiers and Army Civilians, trust between Soldiers, their families, and the Army, and trust between the Army and the American people” (ADRP-1, 2013, p1-5). Without trust there would be no Army Profession. The trust between the Army professionals and the American people will carry on for many generations to come. Without the trust in the Army Profession, who will the American people trust to protect their Nation? With the trust that the Army professionals have comes the honorable service to their