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SNCOA Test 2 Study Guide Solutions Purpose as a profession - ANSWER-serve society by effectively delivering a necessary and useful service Each profession establishes - ANSWER-a unique subculture that distinguishes practitioners from the society they serve (and other professions) while supporti...

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SNCOA Test 2 Study Guide Solutions


Purpose as a profession - ANSWER✔✔-serve society by effectively delivering a necessary and useful

service


Each profession establishes - ANSWER✔✔-a unique subculture that distinguishes practitioners from the

society they serve (and other professions) while supporting and enhancing society


have unique standards of performance and codes of ethics to create and maintain their effectiveness


Professions also - ANSWER✔✔-develop particular vocabularies/terms, establish journals, and sometimes

adopt distinct forms of dress (lab coats, police uniforms, etc)


Military Professions differ in two ways: - ANSWER✔✔-consequences of failure in the POA for both

individual members of the Armed Forces and the Nation are more serious than those in any other

profession


Military serves a collective client, the nation


Examples of responsibilities - ANSWER✔✔-include recovery of a community or country devastated by

natural disaster (operation unified response-Haiti), the defeat of enemy forces (operation Iraqi freedom)

or the security of the nation (operation noble eagle) which failure could result in catastrophe for the

nation


Second difference for military profession - ANSWER✔✔-concerns individual members. We take our oaths

of office which includes understanding of 'unlimited liability' clause where its expected its members lay

down their lives for their friends, family, or freedoms. Risking their lives with personal sacrifices


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American Proffession of Arms (American POA) - ANSWER✔✔-other nations with military considered

peers. where we differ: service orientation, distinct sub-culture, and body of theory/specialized

knowledge


Service Orientaiton (A-POA) - ANSWER✔✔-essential for an occupation to be categorized as a profession.

those in it should not be in it soley for their own material benefit. Have some sense of duty towards the

issues. i.e. health care, education, counseling nobility of purpose within each of us and provides deep

personal meaning to all who serve-ties to founding document of the nation


Distinct Sub-Culture - ANSWER✔✔-the most obvious aspect of all professions


includes values, norms, symbols that are accepted by the profession i.e. insignias, emblems, distinctive

dress Clear and controlling symbols


Distinguish between officers and noncommissioned officers expected to exercise initiative to identify and

resolve unforeseen circumstances


Body of Theory/Specialized Knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-more than technical training and skill to do a given

job. Professional competence is critical to a profession because the service provided by professions could

have beneficial or devastating effects on the population it serves


Prolonged education and experience


3 dimensions of POA - ANSWER✔✔-Physical, Intellectual and Moral


Physical Dimension - ANSWER✔✔-warfare is a physical 'business'. Joint force applies powerful measures

to destroy assets and resources essential to our adversaries' interests. Nature of these situations

requires considerable physical energy, stamina, skills, and training-all have impact on health of the force




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-Air Force Fitness Program-promotes/benefits of active life-style help increase productivity, optimize

health, and decrease absenteeism while maintaining a higher level of readiness needed to meet this

dimension of the POA.


Intellectual Dimension - ANSWER✔✔-due to the expertise required to employ joint forces in military

operations. From Strategic-expertise is exercised with other instruments of national power (diplomatic,

informational, and economic).


-From Operational/tactical perspectives-mil professionals exercise their expertise against intelligent

adversaries actively seeking to defeat them in life-and-death situations.


Two Cultural aspects of POA (Intellectual Dimension) - ANSWER✔✔-Internal and External


-Internal: pertains to knowledge of military values-based culture (addresses Air Force Guiding

Values/Standards section)


-External: pertains to the need to adapt to varying environments with different cultural and political

values. must be culturally aware/sensitive


Moral Dimension - ANSWER✔✔-the authority to wield it carries a moral responsibility of the greatest

magnitude


-Law of Armed Conflict, UCMJ, and Code of Conduct give structure to its moral standards


-Included is civilian control of the military and are responsible to congress, President, supreme court


-Physical, intellectual and moral dimensions form the - ANSWER✔✔-foundation of OA and are the basis

of professional military education and leader development


Moral Dimensions - ANSWER✔✔-Constantly mastering changing security environments, technologies,

and military techniques

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The American POA - ANSWER✔✔-further distinguishes itself from other professions in its distinct sub-

culture, body of theory/specialized knowledge, and service orientation


1. MSgt Crawford has been tasked to lead a small team on an upcoming deployment to Senegal. This will

be his first time deployed to the region so in preparation he has been studying the cultural environment

in an attempt to familiarize himself with the values, beliefs and norms. He is trying to better understand

the common way of life of his local counterparts in effort to increase working relations while operating in

the area.


MSgt Crawford's actions BEST illustrate the ______________dimension of the POA and its impact on

mission effectiveness.


a. Physical


b. Intellectual


c. Moral - ANSWER✔✔-b. CORRECT: According to the Profession of Arms chapter, the POA is intellectual

because military


professionals must be culturally aware; sensitive to differences and the implications those differences

have on the operational environment. MSgt Crawford's attempt to familiarize himself with the local

environment reflects the Intellectual Dimension of the POA.


AF Guiding Values and Standards - ANSWER✔✔--As a SNCO, you're responsible for promoting an

understanding and an appreciation of Air Force culture


-You must demonstrate, inspire, and develop in others an internalized understanding of Air Force values

and standards




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