TRADOC Pamphlet
Army: Profession of Arms 2011-- The profession after 10 years of persistent conflict

TRADOC/Army White Paper
The Profession of Arms  (UPDATED/FINAL VERSION)

Terms of Reference for the Review of the Army Profession in an Era of Persistent Conflict


Panel: The Joint Professional Military Ethic

The United States Army: values based organization, but what values?
Dr. William J. Davis, Jr.

A Codified Joint Professional Military Ethic: The Cornerstone of 21st Century U.S. Military Transformation
Maj. Michael P. Manning

Values Statements and the Profession of Arms: A Re-evaluation
Col. John Mark Mattox


Plenary Session #2

The Army Officers’ Professional Ethic
Col. Matthew Moten


Breakout 1- Civil / Military Relations and the PME

The Unequal Professional Dialogue:  American Civil-Military Relations and the Professional Military Ethic
Dr. Donald Connelly

The Professional Military Ethic and Political Dissent: Has the Line Moved?
Lt. Col. Eric Hollister


Breakout 2- International PME Considerations

The U.S. Military and Genocide/Mass Atrocities: National Security Decision-Making to Intervene (abstract)
Dr. Charles Heller 


Breakout 3- Forming and Norming the PME

Forming the Ethical Military Professional: Beyond the Limits of Codified Morality
Dr. Peter Lee

Discretionary Judgment and the PME
Capt. Walter J. Sowden

Who is a Professional?
Maj. Michael Thiesfeld


Breakout 4- The Business Ethic of Professional Leadership

Examining ethics in the face of great challenge:
Lessons in principled leadership from the financial crisis
Peter J. deSilva

Highly Skilled Barbarians
Col. (Ret.) Bob Ulin


Breakout 5- Educating and Training the PME

Transformation and the Evolution Of the Professional Military Ethic: A current assessment
Lt. Col. Leonard L. Lira

Common Ground and Higher Calling: Reflections on Ethical Learning in Army Basic Training
Lt. Col. (Ret.) John Williamson


Breakout 6- PME and Mission Command

The Organic View: The Groundwork for any Future Strategy
Maj. Chris Case and Maj. Bob Underwood

The Army Ethic and the Indigenous Other: A Response to Colonel Matthew Moten’s Proposal
Lt. Col. Celestino Perez, Jr., Ph.D.


Breakout 7- PME and Resilience

Developing Moral Resilience amidst Moral Complexity
Dr. Rebecca J. Johnson

Soldier Spirituality in a Combat Zone: Preliminary Findings About Correlations with Ethics and Resiliency
Chaplain (Colonel) Franklin Eric Wester

Item Name		Posted By	Date Posted
2011 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium Report PDF (2.23 MB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	6/19/2012
A complete, consolidated book containing all of the papers submitted for the 2011 symposium
2010 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium Report PDF (3.67 MB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	9/6/2011
a complete pdf copy of the "Report" published in book form after the 2010 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium
2009 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium Proceedings PDF (2.08 MB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	9/6/2011
a complete pdf copy of the "Proceedings" published in book form after the 2009 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium