The Army Values: An Essay for Sociology 2 Course, Spring 2020

This essay, written for a Sociology 2 course, explores the core values of the United States Army and their significance to soldiers. The essay identifies the seven key values: honor, duty, loyalty, integrity, selfless service, respect, and courage, and explains their importance in shaping the character and conduct of military personnel. It emphasizes the role of these values in fostering a strong, cohesive, and effective fighting force, highlighting how they contribute to individual soldier resilience, unit readiness, and the overall mission of the Army. The essay also touches upon the responsibilities of soldiers, their commitment to the US Constitution, and the continuous training they undergo to uphold these values. The essay references several academic sources to support its arguments.

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Essay: The army values and what they mean to soldier "The US ARMY"
The United States Army is the nation combat service limb of the US Army Forces. In the
constitution of the US, it is appointed as the Army of the US and it is uniformed services in the
U.S. one out of eight. The army is a crucial part of any nation it saves the lives of the many
people by their headwork and many more sacrifices of their lives. There are army’s basics values
that say about the army people a lot. The major value of the army is an honor, duty, loyalty,
integrity, selfless services, respect, and courage. The major value of the US Army is that they are
loyal towards their country and fulfil their obligations and duty on time (Kessler, et al., 2014).
The army and the other soldier have the value of integration and they also bear and allegiance to
the constitution of the US.
The value of the army instils into the soldiers with an expectation that whatever the army
will do they will consider those values and live them every day in their life. The US army is
complex as their work is the combination of the several tasks which they have to do in constant
motion. Soldier means to serve the military so they perform different tasks and responsibilities
and go through difficult times also but they always fulfil their obligation and carry out their
assigned task (Brown, 2014). Loyalty is the main phenomenon of the army, without honesty
towards the nation and obedience towards the US constitution; it is quite difficult to make a
strong army. Honesty is like the two-way process it can only be expected if the people of the
army well treated, provide adequate training then only army people are more faithful towards the
nation and each other. Duty is the obligation of the army people. It starts with the law,
regulations, and orders but it doesn’t mean that one could behave according to himself. It is a
matter of profession; one should act like a professional when it comes to the obligation
(Ramsawh, et al., 2014).
Respect is one thing when you give it then you receive it back. That means it’s important
to treat every individual very respectful and with all nobility by the army leaders. It will increase
the relationship between leader and subordinates and it will inspire people to work with full
potential (Ursano, et al., 2015). Selfless service means that when one could work without
thinking himself but first think about the betterment of the nation, the army, and the juniors. It is
work to lead the system by teamwork, discipline, faith, and control on oneself. Honour is a
virtuous compass to maintain the army. Lieutenant General Thomas J. Said that honor is the

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degradation is worse than death. Integrity is that thing in people that show what is correct by
morally and law. The U.S. military is searching for the leader like who have the skills like
integrity (Vie, et al., 2016). Personal courage means to overcome the fear and to do things that
are important and welfare for the nation. Army has to be strong both physically and mentally. If
one of them is lacking then it creates a huge problem.
Soldier means who is the member or as a part of an army. The army is a very huge,
highly maintained military force but soldiers are only the members of the army force. Soldiers
are those who fight as part of the army and for the welfare of the nation. They can be mobilized
or subjective joined person, who is a non-commissioned officer or an officer. U.S. soldiers are
generally known as G.I.S. which means that the General Issue. U.S. army distinctively called the
soldier, they are those who gave their best for the welfare and betterment of their nations
(Jauregui, 2015).
They are assigned according to the ranking basis and the work assigned on that basis.
Their duties are to endorse the constitution of the U.S. and to save the freedom of America.
Soldiers have an entrance to take the benefits of the Army. They are continuously worked on
themselves to become stronger both physically and mentally through the process of training.
Army soldiers are continuously provoked to grow and develop through their training, leadership
training and by other forms of training to make them sharper, smarter and even stronger day by
day (Reivich, et al., 2016). They followed all the seven important Army values that help them to
provide better service to their nation.

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