What does it mean to be a professional? A professional is defined as a qualified and experienced person in a work environment that conforms to the standards of skill, with competence and character. After nearly a decade of war the Army has decided to focus on creating professionals rather than just creating warriors. Leaders have realized the importance of being a professional and want to ensure that every soldier and civilian member of the Army understands the same importance. Therefore, the Army has begun implementing the Profession of Arms.
“The Army is an American Profession of Arms, a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical applications of lethal land combat power, serving under civilian authority, entrusted to
The Art of teaching soldiers means ensuring that they are able to apply the sciences of being a professional. “The Art and science of ethically fighting wars and establishing a more just peace using lethal land combat power to uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic- and to advance our foreign policies abroad” (CAPE, 2010). After listening to Sergeant Major of the Army Preston, I realize the importance of building blocks for educating service members and incorporating the profession of Arms. The expertise of implementing science and art will manifest itself into specific fields of knowledge: the military technical field, the moral and ethical field, the political and cultural field, and the most important field human development. Without Human development, maturity will not be attained and progress will be inevitable.
The steps that the key leaders have taken to improve the military are essential. It is critical that the Army be evaluated to ensure that soldiers understand what we have been through over the last decade. To monitor the transformation the Army has created the Center for the Army Profession and Ethics campaign which is known as CAPE.
"The Army has decided to introduce the Campaign for the Profession of Arms to develop leaders of character and competence required to meet the dynamic challenges of the 21st Century. This campaign is designed