The Army has existed since 1775, when Congress authorized the creation of 10 rifle companies (Army Birthdays 2011). The Federal Standing Army was established in 1803, followed by a series of reforms to the Army's professional training system (Dempsy 2014). I will argue that the military is a profession of arms by demonstrating a system of continuous learning, training, and growth; the code of ethics maintained by the army; and the level of autonomy granted to army leaders and their soldiers. Oxford defines a profession as “a paid occupation that involves extended training and formal qualification” (Oxford Dictionaries 2014). Soldiers who join the army undergo an initial training program that is admittedly short compared to that of privates. other professions. A doctor or lawyer will undergo many years of training before earning the professional designation, while a soldier undergoes basic combat training and AIT for a few months before entering the task force. entering the task force, is not yet a professional. It will take more time and training before he becomes a professional. With this training, soldiers become “certified experts in the ethical application of ground combat power” (Dempsy 2014-). 0 states that soldiers continue to train and learn until the day they retire or are separated (Army, Training Units and Developing Leaders 2012). This culture of continuous training and education makes the Army a profession just as other professionals such as accountants stay current. the army (Perks 1993). A profession must have the trust of the people it serves. This is achieved through the use of ethics generated and controlled by the profession itself. The Army Occupations Center...... middle of paper ......my birthdays. October 7, 2011. http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/branches.html (accessed March 17, 2014).2. Army, US Department of the. “The profession of the army”. ADRP 1. Washington DC: US ​​Department of the Army, June 2013.3. —. “Leader training and development units”. APD 6-22. Washington DC: United States Department of the Army, August 2012.4. Defense, U.S. Department of. “Common ethics regulations”. DoD 5500.7-R. Washington DC: US ​​Department of Defense, August 1993.5. Dempsy, Martin E. “The Profession of Arms.” Army White Paper, 2014: 1-24.6. Lewis, Bronwen, and Charles K. Warriner. “The job-profession continuum”. The Kansas Journal of Sociology, 1971: 34-44.7. Oxford Dictionaries. 2014. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/profession (accessed March 16, 2014).8. Benefits, RW Accounting and Society. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.