Profession of Arms - Starfish Metaphor

Abstract

The Profession of Arms (PoA) Campaign began with much fanfare, but the Community of Practice (CoP) has since wrestled with many important issues during the planning and conduct of the campaign. While there are many implicit assumptions about the Army as a Profession, the PoA White Paper (December 8, 2010) provided the catalyst to explore what it means to be a PoA. In the initial planning sessions with the Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), the endeavor to define the PoA led to the stalking horse of attributes and the challenge to define the membership within the profession. This short paper is meant to address the latter question of "who is in" and "who is out" of the PoA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 2011
Accession Number
ADA595115

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Allen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Animals
  • Army Training
  • Community Of Practice
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Electronic Mail
  • Eukaryotes
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Social Problems
  • Starfishes
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.