Concepts of the Army Profession

Question 1

What are three critical tasks of the Army Profession?

Answer 1

1. Develop Expert Knowledge
2. Apply Military Expertise
3. Certify Army Professionals and Organizations

Question 2

Define stewardship of the profession.

Answer 2

The responsibility of army professionals to ensure that the profession maintains its essential characteristics now and into the future. Moral and motivational rally points. Fiduciary responsibility to the People.

Question 3

What are the 5 essential characteristics of the Army Profession?

Answer 3

1. Military Expertise
2. Honorable Service
3. Trust
4. Esprit de Corps
5. Stewardship of the Profession

Question 4

What is a profession?

Answer 4

A vital service to society that it cannot provide for itself by means of developed expertise, years of study, and experiential learning.

Question 5

What two things does a profession provide that bureaucratic organizations do not?

Answer 5

1. Expert Knowledge
2. Social Control

Expert knowledge builds respect which give professionals more credibility and therefore control.

Question 6

What is the difference between transactional and transformational leadership.

Answer 6

Transactional is subordinates being motivated by legal obligations whereas transformational is motivation by moral aspirations (creeds, ethos, values)

Question 7

What publication covers Army Leadership?

Answer 7

ADP 6-22

Question 8

Describe the Framework of the Ethic.

Answer 8

The framework of the Ethic is the quad chart relationship between the Army as a Profession and the Individual as a Professional split between Legal Foundations (obligations) and Moral Foundations (aspirations).