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Analysis Of The Army White Paper: The Profession Of Arms

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The Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms is a White Paper published in 2010 by Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The purpose of this paper was to facilitate an Army-wide dialog about the Army as a Profession of Arms. The paper asks three critical questions about the Army as a profession, its Soldiers as professionals, and the status of the Army in meeting these aspirations after nine years of war in the 21st Century. The paper goes on to explore, but not to answer, these questions in three sections about the Army as a Profession of Arms, the Army’s professional culture, and the Army Ethic. The first section describes how the Army incorporates all the characteristics of a profession. The Army serves and provides for the defense
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