The US Military is a professional organization and should be considered so. The scope of warfighting and expanding responsibilities given to Soldiers requires unique and specific training across all ranks and MOSs for the military to be effective on the modern battlefield. This knowledge and experience is not something you can learn in a 10-week MOS school or even a four-month Officer Basic Course. The development of knowledge and experience demands time, mentoring, and continuing education. Burk defines a profession as a “high status occupation” that members apply specific knowledge to a specific “field of endeavor”(Burk,41). ADRP 1 provides the unique responsibility of the US Army: “security and the defense of the Republic the conduct of
