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Military Professionalism
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Military Professionalism
Task: Learn and discuss the concept of Army Professionalism
Conditions: Given Army FM 1 (The Army), a classroom environment
Standards: Develop an understanding of civil-military relations and Army professional culture
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Military Professionalism
“Without character - particularly in the military profession - failure in peace, disaster in war, or, at best, mediocrity in both will result.”
General Matthew B. Ridgway
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Military Professionalism
American civil-military relations Definition of a profession The Soldier as a profession The professional culture of the Army The Army value system Training and education in the development of a
professional Soldier Professionalism in Leadership Are you a professional?
Outline
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American civil-military relations
Supports and defends the Constitution
Protects America's way of life from foreign and domestic enemies.
Protects national security interests, including allies.
Provides Commander-in-chief with ready and capable forces to win the Nation's wars.
Overseen and funded by the Legislature.
What is the purpose of the Army? Who is our client?
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How do we define professionalism?And who does it apply to?
FM 1 The Army: “The purpose of any profession is to serve society by effectively delivering a necessary and specialized service.”
Samuel Huntington: “A profession is a peculiar type of functional group with highly specialized characteristics.” “The distinguishing characteristics of a profession as a special type of vocation are its expertise, responsibility, and corporateness.”
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The Soldier as a profession
Expertise Responsibility Corporateness
Army Schools
Army ValuesSoldier's Creed
WTBDs War Deployment
APFTFTXs
UniformCertificationsOath of Enlistment
Associations
Humanitarian Deployment
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The Soldier as a profession
Expertise Responsibility CorporatenessArmy Schools
Army ValuesSoldier's Creed
WTBDs
APFT
FTXs
Uniform
Certifications
Oath of Enlistment
War Deployment
Humanitarian Deployment Associations
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The professional culture of the Army
Standards of performance
Code of ethics
Associations
Journals
Vocabulary
AR 670-1
FM 1 The Army: “Each profession establishes a unique subculture that distinguishes practitioners from the society they serve while supporting and enhancing that society.”
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The Army value system
The Seven Army Values
The Soldier’s Creed
The Warrior Ethos
The NCO Creed
US Military Code of Conduct
FM 1 The Army: “The Army is a values-based organization. ”
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The training and education
BCT, AIT
WLC, ALC, SLC
1SG Course, SGM Course
Personal Development
FM 1 The Army: “American military professionals work, study, and train throughout their careers to ensure the military profession will not fail in the call to duty.”
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Professionalism in Leadership
BE – demonstrate exemplary conduct in their professional and personal lives
KNOW - competence in interpersonal, conceptual, technical, and tactical skills
DO – have the character and self-discipline to do what they feel or know to be right
FM 1 The Army: “The Army leadership framework comprises values, attributes, skills, and actions – summarized by the shorthand expression, BE-KNOW-DO.”
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Are you a professional?
Expertise
Basic Training
AIT
Responsibility
Oath of Enlistment
Deployment
Corporateness
The Uniform
The Signal Regiment
Does your client consider you a professional?
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Military Professionalism
American civil-military relations Definition of a profession The Soldier as a profession The professional culture of the Army The Army value system Training and education in the development of a
professional Soldier Professionalism in Leadership Are you a professional?
Summary
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Discussion
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