The Army has existed since 1775 when Congress authorized the creation of 10 rifle companies (Army Birthdays 2011). The Federal Standing Army was created in 1803, followed by a series of reforms to the Army's professional education system (Dempsy 2014). I will argue that the Army 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 afforded to Army leaders and their soldiers. Oxford defines a profession as “a paid occupation involving extensive training and formal qualification” (Oxford Dictionaries 2014). Soldiers who join the army undergo an initial training program that is certainly short compared to other professions. A doctor or lawyer will have to undergo many years of training before obtaining the professional title, while a soldier attends basic combat training and AIT for a couple of months before joining the operational force. entering the operational force, he is not yet a professional. It will take more time and training before you become a professional. With this training, Soldiers become “certified experts in the ethical application of land combat power” (Dempsy 2014). -0 states that Soldiers continue training and learning until the day they retire or separate (Army, Training Units, and Developing Leaders 2012). This culture of ongoing training and education makes the military a profession just as other professionals such as accountants remain Currently, the same is true for the Army (Perks 1993). A profession must enjoy the trust of the people it serves. This is achieved through the use of an ethic generated and controlled by the profession itself. The Center for the Professed of the Army......middle sheet......my birthdays. 7 October 2011. http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/branches.html (accessed 17 March 2014).2. Army, U.S. Department of. "The Army Profession." ADRP 1. Washington DC: US ​​Department of the Army, June 2013.3. —. “Training Units and Developing Leaders.” APD 6-22. Washington DC: US ​​Department of the Army, August 2012.4. Defense, Department of. "Joint Ethical 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 work-profession continuum". The Kansas Journal of Sociology, 1971: 34-44.7. Oxford Dictionaries. 2014. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/profession (accessed 16 March 2014).8. Advantages, RW Accounting and Society. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.