The Profession of Arms is a vocation, not an occupation. The American government and the American people place trust in Army Professional Soldiers, and the Professional Soldiers serve a civilian government and people. The Army Profession must self-police and develop expert Professional Soldiers capable of ethically applying lethal force to protect the nation. If the profession fails to self-police, the trust of the American government and people will deplete, such as with drill sergeant hazing or prisoner abuse. Army Professionals must certify and develop military-technical expertise, human development expertise, moral-ethical expertise, and political-cultural expertise to operate and adapt to a wide range of demands.
Upholding these values day-to-day is the most important role of a Soldier. Loyalty is important to the Army because it is our obligation to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. We take an oath as Soldiers which is critical to the success in order to build trust. Duty is not only fulfilling your obligations but making a continual dedicated effort to do what is right. Respect is important because society needs to have a positive perception of the Army in order for it to be successful.
Each side portrays a correct argument but you must decide what you are looking for in return when you give your loyalty, and trust. When looking for someone to back you up and help you through the hard times, you must always choose the side of your friend because they are always there for you ready to assist you in any way. If what you desire most is to be ignored and as if they aren’t acknowledging you, then you should stand strongly by your country. When you are dealing with such a crowd there is no attention, so you will certainly be pushed aside like so much paperwork on a secretary’s
5. In Chapter 20, what three bits of advice does Machiavelli give the prince? He says it’s necessary to arm your subjects because it will make them loyal and protect the prince. Another bit of advice is that you become greater by defeating your enemies. One last piece of advice is that fortresses depend on the situation.
Someone facing the crisis that this man faced should have support from the government because it’s the government’s job to protect its citizens and support them if they cannot survive on their own. “Only a strong ruling entity—the state—will end the perpetual strife and provide security” (Hobbes 25). Occupy Wall Street’s (OWS) main argument is that our government needs to
He taught that sometimes leadership has to be personnel to be effective, that we should never give up on those who we have been given to train and lead, and that leader’s must supervisor their subordinates to show that they care for their well-being as well as that of the countries, it is our mission. Sergeant First Class Crutchfield peered into the black Iraq night sky and said to me, “The Army promotes Soldiers based on potential and merit that you posses not your deeds and accomplishments. It is this potential that leaders must recognize early in leadership. Through this we can teach our Soldiers to be disciplined and capable of making decisions in the most perilous of situations no matter the circumstances. While we
On the issue of admiration Machiavelli states that a prince ideally should be loved and feared, but it is more important that he be feared. It is more likely that his citizens would be loyal to him if they feared him. I believe that the true nature of man has not changed since Machiavelli’s time. I think that most modern governments still employ many of his general principals for ruling. Laws and punishment are necessary to prevent people from committing crimes.
As Lance Corporal Brown places his hand against the hard building known to most Marines as the barracks. Most who never have lived in the barracks on Camp Lejeune would see them as a decent place for our military men and women to live in. Brown took a deep breath, wondering what would be in store for today. He knew his Commanding Officer would probably have them running most the roads on Camp Lejeune for the morning P.T session. Lance Corporal Brown enlisted into the United States Marine Corps, knowing he wanted to make his grandfather proud.
The flag represents the soldiers that have fought at home and abroad to ensure that we retain the very freedoms that allow us to protest the wars that they are fighting. The flag represents all of our servicemen, not just the ones who are fighting to keep us safe today, but the heroes of WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, The Revolutionary War and even the Civil War. All of these brave soldiers fought under one form of our nation’s
Main claim The paper ‘Professional Integrity and Disobedience in the Military’ by Jessica Wolfendale argues that if the military’s primary function is to protect the nation and serve moral good, then the military, at both institutional and individual level, should have, not only the permission, but the duty to disobey direct orders from the state to go to war if these orders conflict with the principles of jus ad bellum. Wolfendale further argues that there is a discrepancy between the military’s professional integrity and the generally accepted fact that the military should ultimately obey the state. The inconsistency lies in the fact that the guidelines of the professional integrity in this case would have prohibited the execution of many orders given by states through the years, and since there are few to none accounts of the military disobeying state orders. Opposing point of view The generally accepted opinion is, that the military professionals cannot be held accountable for the morality of an order issued by the state. It is widely recognised that the military and the soldiers individually are part of a community that would demand of them to put their personal and professional values aside to serve the moral good.