The Army Profession: Exploring the Core Principles of Military Excellence

The Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) provides a comprehensive guide for understanding and implementing the principles of the Army Profession. Specifically, the ADRP - The Army Profession published in June 2015 highlights the core values, ethics, and attributes necessary to uphold the highest standards of military excellence.

The Importance of Professionalism in the Army

The Army is not just a group of individuals who serve their country. It is a profession that demands unwavering commitment, discipline, and a dedication to the values that define the military ethos. ADRP 1-0 emphasizes the significance of these principles in establishing and maintaining the Army Profession in modern times.

Professionalism in the Army sets the standard for behavior, decision-making, and operational readiness. It encompasses a range of attributes including competence, character, commitment, and trust. The Army Profession requires its members to constantly improve their skills, uphold ethical standards, and prioritize the greater good over personal interest.

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Defining the Army Profession

ADRP - The Army Profession highlights four Core Characteristics that differentiate the Army from other organizations:

1. Military Expertise: The Army's specialized knowledge and skills are honed through rigorous training and experience. This expertise allows the Army to effectively execute its missions and contribute to national security.
2. Trust: Trust is the foundation of the Army Profession. Soldiers must trust their leaders, and leaders must trust their subordinates. Such trust enables effective teamwork, quick decision-making, and successful mission accomplishment.
3. Esprit de Corps: Esprit de corps refers to the shared sense of identity, camaraderie, and loyalty among Army professionals. It fosters unity, morale, and the willingness to selflessly serve the nation and protect fellow soldiers.
4. Stewardship: The Army is entrusted with valuable resources, both human and material. Stewardship involves responsible management and effective utilization of these resources to ensure the success and sustainability of the Army Profession.

Living the Army Ethic

ADRP - The Army Profession emphasizes the importance of ethics in maintaining the Army's integrity and ensuring its members adhere to the highest moral standards. The Army Ethic is a set of guiding principles that help soldiers make ethical decisions in complex and challenging situations. It focuses on three key components:

1. Values: The Army's values serve as a moral compass for all soldiers. These values include loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Upholding these values strengthens the Army Profession and fosters trust among its members and the wider society.
2. Standards: The Army sets high standards for conduct, performance, and discipline. These standards ensure that soldiers maintain professionalism, both on and off the battlefield. They also contribute to fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
3. Oaths: The Army's oaths of enlistment and officer commissioning serve as binding commitments to serve and protect the nation, uphold the Constitution, and abide by the Army Ethic. Soldiers are expected to honor these oaths throughout their military careers.

Implementing the Army Profession

The ADRP provides guidance on how the Army Profession should be implemented at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels. It highlights the importance of leadership in developing and sustaining a professional environment that fosters trust, competence, and ethical behavior. It also emphasizes the role of education and training in shaping the future leaders of the Army.

Furthermore, the ADRP encourages continuous learning and professional development to adapt to changing circumstances and technological advancements. This includes the integration of diversity and inclusion principles to promote equal opportunities and strengthen the Army's overall effectiveness.

The Future of the Army Profession

The Army Profession is not static. ADRP - The Army Profession recognizes the need for ongoing assessment, improvement, and adaptation to meet future challenges. It envisions a culture of lifelong learning, where soldiers and leaders continuously develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities to remain at the forefront of military excellence.

In an ever-changing world, the Army Profession will continue to evolve to effectively address new threats, technologies, and operational environments. Embracing innovation, diversity, and resilience will be essential for the Army to maintain its status as a trusted and effective force.

The Army Doctrine Reference Publication - The Army Profession June 2015 is a comprehensive resource that emphasizes the core principles, values, and ethics required to excel within the Army Profession. By understanding and implementing these principles, soldiers and leaders can uphold the highest standards of professionalism, trust, and excellence in service to their country.

Army Doctrine Reference Publication ADRP 1 The Army Profession June 2015

by United States Government US Army(Kindle Edition)

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This publication, Army Doctrine Reference Publication ADRP 1, The Army Profession, includes seven chapters and two appendixes.

Chapter 1 discusses the nature of professions, explains why the Army is a profession, and introduces the essential characteristics of the Army Profession (trust, honorable service, military expertise, stewardship and esprit de corps).

Chapter 2 provides the doctrine on the Army Ethic, including our shared identity as Trusted Army Professionals and our supporting roles as honorable servants, Army experts, and stewards of the Army Profession. The chapter includes discussion of the moral-principles that guide our decisions and actions in conduct of the mission, performance of duty, and all aspects of life.

Chapter 3 describes trust as the foundation of our relationship with the American people who rely on the Army to ethically, effectively, and efficiently serve the Nation. Within the Army Profession, trust is the organizing principle that supports cohesive teamwork. The Army Profession develops Soldiers and Army Civilians to exercise mission command in honorable service in defense of the Nation.

Chapter 4 discusses honorable service, an essential characteristic of the Army Profession, as support and defense of the Constitution, the American people, and the national interest in a manner consistent with the Army Ethic.

Chapter 5 describes military expertise as an essential characteristic that provides ethical design, generation, support, and application of landpower, primarily in unified land operations, and all supporting capabilities essential to accomplish the mission, in the right way, in defense of the American people.

Chapter 6 recognizes that stewardship, an essential characteristic, is the responsibility of Army Professionals to strengthen the Army as a profession and to care for the people and resources entrusted to us by the American people. Stewardship provides for the long-term readiness and resilience of our people and organizations.

Chapter 7 provides a discussion of esprit de corps, an essential characteristic of our profession that denotes our collective ethos of camaraderie within cohesive teams. Esprit de corps is embedded in the Army culture of trust and is carried on through customs, courtesies, and traditions.

Appendix A expands on the discussion of the Army culture.

Appendix B restates the oaths, creeds, and norms of conduct.

As trusted Army professionals—Soldiers and Army Civilians—we are honorable servants of the Nation, Army experts, and faithful stewards of the people, other resources, and profession entrusted to our care. By our oath, we are morally committed to support and defend the Constitution. This duty requires a foundation of trust with the American people, reinforced as the Army Profession contributes honorable service, military expertise, and stewardship with courageous esprit de corps. Within the Army Profession, Army professionals earn and sustain trust by demonstrating character, competence, and commitment. We make right decisions and take right actions that are ethical, effective, and efficient.