The Army Ethic and Army Operations Flashcards
What is Army Ethic
Is the set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army profession and create the culture of trust essential to Army professionals in the conduct of missions, performance of duty, and all aspects of life.
Identify legal foundations for the the Army ethic
Constitution of the United States, United
States Code, the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and other orders and directives. Others include Executive Orders, Treaties/Law of Land Warfare, Oaths of Service, Standards of conduct, Directives and policies, The Soldier’s Rules, Rules of engagement.
Identify moral foundations of the Army ethic
Army Values and Just War Tradition. Others include Declaration of Independence, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Army culture of trust, Professional organizational climate, Golden Rule, Soldier’s Creeds, Justice in War. Not legally binding. Provide inspiration to strive for excellence.
What is a profession
They provide a vital service to society, requiring expertise and skill developed through years of training, education, and experience. Professions establish standards of practice and certify that their members are qualified to serve the needs of society.
What are examples of professions
Traditional professions include medicine and law, science and engineering, architecture, higher education, ordained religious practice, and military.
How do professions operate
True professions are guided by an ethic that establishes the personal and institutional standards expected of its members. A professional ethic creates a shared professional identity, and provides an enduring set of moral principles, values and beliefs that guide that profession as it provides its specialized service to society.
What is the Army profession
A trusted vocation of Soldiers and Army civilians whose collective expertise is the ethical design, generation, support, and application of land power; serving under civilian authority; and entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people.
Why is Civil-Military relations important
The Army has a dual nature as both a military department of government and a trusted military profession. The character of the Army as an institution and a profession are both essential to accomplishing the Army?s mission. However, it is the American people?s trust and confidence in the Army as an ethical profession that grants it the autonomy to exercise the disciplined initiative critical to accomplishing missions under diverse conditions around the world.
Why is trust important to the Army profession and civil-military relations
Society trusts professions and grants them autonomy and discretion with prudent, balanced oversight or external controls. If a profession violates its ethic and loses the trust of society, it becomes subject to increased societal regulation and governance.
What are the key conditions for effective American civil-military relations
Mutual respect and trust. With this understanding, Army professionals strictly adhere to a set of norms established by law and accepted practice.
What are 3 set of norms established by law and accepted practice that the Army profession adheres to in order to maintain civil-military relations
a. The Army profession?s principal obligation is to support the democratic institutions and policymaking processes
of our government. Military leaders offer their expertise and advice candidly to appropriate civilian leadership.
b. Civilian decision makers seek and consider professional military advice in the context of policy deliberations.
Army professionals properly confine their advisory role to the policy-making process and do not engage publically in
policy advocacy or dissent. Army professionals adhere to a strict ethic of political nonpartisanship in the execution of
their duty.
c. The legitimacy of the Army profession depends on healthy interaction with the news media. Within the limits of
operations security, Army professionals support and facilitate the media?s legitimate function to inform the citizenry we
honorably serve.
What two complementary communities make up the practice of the Army profession
Profession of Arms and Army Civilian Corps
What is the Profession of Arms
Comprises the Soldiers of the Regular Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve.
What is the Army Civilian Corps
Composed of Army civilians serving in the Department of the Army.
What is a trusted Army Professional
The shared identity of Soldiers and Army civilians, certified in character, competence, and commitment, who honorably fulfill theier oaths of service.
Identify the 4 Army Strategic Roles
Shaping operational environments, preventing conflict, prevailing in large-scale ground combat, and consolidating gains.
Objective of Shaping Operational Environments
Shaping operational environments allows combatant commanders to reassure partners and deter aggression while establishing conditions that support the potential employment of joint forces.
Objective of Preventing Conflict
All activities that deter adversary military actions which threaten allies or partners and deny them the ability to achieve objectives counter to U.S. interests. A well-trained, credible, and capable Army reduces the risk of aggression by adversaries because it raises both the risk and potential cost of military action to their forces.
Objective of Prevailing in Large-scale Ground Combat
Foundational to its other roles. Only the Army has the capabilities necessary for sustained ground combat anywhere in the world. The credibility inherent in its ability to conduct large-scale ground combat as part of the joint force is a critical part of U.S. conventional deterrence. It is a primary source of assurance to friendly nations and an important factor in worldwide stability.
Objective of Consolidating Gains
Make temporary operational successes enduring and set the conditions to facilitate the transition of control over territory to legitimate authorities. Ensures there are sustainable conditions on the ground.
What are the 5 Army Core Competencies
Prompt and Sustained Land Combat, Combined Arms Operations, Special Operations, Set and Sustain the Theater for the Joint Force, Integrate National/ Multinational/and Joint Power on Land
Prompt and Sustained Land Combat
Prompt land combat is what requires the Army?s expeditionary capability: the ability to deploy on short notice task-organized forces capable of immediately conducting operations upon arrival to austere locations. Sustained land combat requires the Army to campaign with the power to conduct extended operations and continuous consolidation of gains necessary to achieve the objectives set for the Army by the joint force.
Combined Arms Operations
All operations are combined arms operations. Combined arms is the synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each element was used separately or sequentially (ADP 3-0).
Special Operations
Provide combatant commanders with precise lethal and nonlethal capabilities. These capabilities include special warfare and surgical strike operations in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive areas.
Set and Sustain the Theater for the Joint Force
Essential to allowing the joint force to seize the initiative while restricting an enemy force?s options. Setting the theater for the joint force includes the establishment of access and infrastructure to support joint force operations.
Integrate National, Multinational, and Joint Power on Land
The Army has the largest number of headquarters that are joint task force headquarters capable and can combine all elements of national, multinational, and joint power. Army headquarters are designed to be the core components that integrate unified action partner capabilities into a Service headquarters or rapidly transition from a Service headquarters into a joint or multinational joint task force or land component command.
