Professional Military Soldier

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The Professional Military Soldier:
Redefining the Occupation of Arms
The title of Subject Matter Experts, “SME’s,” finds itself on Soldiers who excel at their specialized job or tasking. We, as Soldiers, must develop ourselves with higher education and more difficult challenges. The article, “An Army White Paper: The Profession of Arms,” discusses the similarities and differences of an established Profession and becoming a Professional. The intense fluctuations that engulf our military service brings deeper insight to how we are no longer considered “just” Soldiers.
The article states, “The Army‘s degree of professionalism has waxed and waned over the years, sometimes displaying more the characteristics of an occupation than a profession—more