Military expertise is the ethical design, generation, support, and application of landpower, and the
associated capabilities essential to accomplishing missions in defense of the American people.
military expertise falls into four broad fields of knowledge:
Leader and human development.
Moral-ethical.
Geo-cultural and political.
Military-technical
Moral-Ethical
The moral-ethical field addresses the application of landpower as informed by the Army ethic and in
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This field encompasses ethical reasoning in decisions
and actions at all levels of leadership.
Geo-Cultural and Political
The geo-cultural and political field includes cross-cultural and civil-military relations. Geographic and
cultural factors at all levels of warfare require consideration during the conduct of operations.This includes
understanding the philosophical, ethnic, religious, and political similarities and differences between friendly
and threat forces.
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Leader and human development
The leader and human development field informs how the Army profession inspires young people to
volunteer to accept a calling to honorable service and then simultaneously develops and certifies their
character, competence, and commitment.
Military-technical
The military-technical field includes operations at all levels of the military art and science, from the
tactical to the strategic. Identification, development, and application of advanced technologies and technical
capabilities to conduct operations effectively is the goall. Developing military-technical expertise is the
foundation of competence, which is in turn a significant basis of professional trust within cohesive teams.
Army professionals trust each other to perform their jobs absent evidence to the contrary.
