Introduction to Army Values
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Introduction
Loyalty
Duty
Respect
Selfless Service
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage
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L oyalty
Duty
R espect
S elfless Service
Honor
I ntegrity
P ersonal Courage
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“The Army is a values-based organization.”
General Dennis Reimer,
Army Chief of Staff
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Definitions: Core Army Values
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Loyalty: Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S.
Constitution, the Army, your unit, and other soldiers.
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Duty: Fulfill your obligations.
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Respect: Treat people as they should be treated.
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Selfless Service: Put the welfare of the nation, the Army,
and your subordinates before your own.
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Honor: Live up to all the Army values.
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Integrity: Do what's right, legally and morally.
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Personal Courage: Face fear, danger, or adversity
(physical or moral).
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Definition of Values
“The social principles, goals, or standards
held or accepted by an individual, class, or
society.”
 “The abstract concepts of what is right,
worthwhile, or desirable; principles or
standards.”
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Loyalty
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Army loyalty entails the correct priority of
soldiers' obligations and commitments to
the Constitution, the Army, the unit, other
soldiers, family, friends, and, finally,
yourselves.
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Loyalty demands commitment.
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Duty
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Army duty entails fulfilling professional,
legal, and moral obligations.
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Duty means accomplishing all your
assigned tasks to the best of your ability.
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Duty requires a willingness to accept full
responsibility for the actions of one’s self,
and those of one’s subordinates.
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Respect
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Army respect means to promote dignity,
consideration of others, fairness, and equal
opportunity. It includes a sensitivity to and
regard for the feelings and needs of others
and an awareness of the effect of a person's
behavior on them.
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Respect also involves the idea of treating
people justly.
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Selfless Service
Army selfless service signifies action based
on proper priorities. It places service above
self. The welfare of the nation and the
accomplishment of the mission come ahead
of the personal safety of the individual or
the unit.
 Selfless service requires you to give credit
where credit is due, never unjustly taking
credit for something you did not do.
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Honor
Army honor demands adherence to a public
moral code, not protection of a reputation.
Honor is a moral virtue--a state of being or
a state of character that people possess by
upholding the values that make up the
Army's public moral code.
 Honor depends upon the exemplary display
of integrity, courage, loyalty, respect,
selfless service, and duty.
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Integrity
Army integrity means possessing high
personal moral standards and being honest
in word and deed.
 It involves the consistent adherence of
action to one's personal moral beliefs.
 The goal over time is for your private moral
code of integrity to converge with the
publicly declared code of honor for the
Army.
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Personal Courage
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Army personal courage manifests physical
and moral bravery. It depicts the military
virtue that enables us to face fear, danger, or
adversity no matter what the situation is,
whether it be physical or moral.
Personal courage is the strength to do what
is right, to adhere to a higher standard of
personal conduct, to lead by example, and to
make tough decisions under stress and
pressure.
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Introduction to Army Values
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