Military Professionals

The American people see the United States military as a professional organization. This is due to the care and effort that the varied services put forth towards their respective services. A profession is a job that is performed by professionals who are held to a higher standard that those who just perform jobs in a non-professional capacity. Professionals are those people who devote many years of study and training towards their craft. Today’s American society is a consumer and customer service based culture, and those that can perform above and beyond the skills and ability of others are in great demand. Society depends on multiple areas to be staffed by professionals: those that keep us healthy (medical providers); who protect American citizens at home (law enforcement); and those who fight and defend the Constitution and the nation (soldiers) (Tradoc, 2010).
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The work that is done by Army HR (also known as S1) requires a professional approach. There is a great deal more to what the S1 does in the Army than simply processing paperwork and filing documents. The Adjutant General section of the Army encompasses a significant portion of the support jobs in the military. A successful Human Resources Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) needs to motivate their Soldiers into becoming more involved in the process beyond the simple (yet necessary) jobs of filing paperwork and shredding paperwork. A good HR NCO is the gatekeeper towards keeping a Soldier’s military records in a state of readiness. Often times HR professionals are saddled with the thankless task of correcting years’ worth of neglect in a condensed period of time. A professional Soldier will tackle these thankless tasks and accomplish the mission while setting the standard for all others in the least amount time