DALLAS--The core values of an organization are those that form the very fabric of an organization, the guiding principles that people use for both job performance and conduct. In the U.S. Army, these are called the Army Values, and they form the acronym LDRSHIP: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Army Values are American values, and soldiers must live these values more intensely and professionally than most others in civilian life because soldiers serve to protect the Nation and the values upon which it was founded. So they learn these values in detail during their basic combat training and live these values everyday in everything they do.
Army civilians are also trained in the Army values, and judged against that standard in the work they do every day and in annual performance appraisals. Though the requirements placed on Army civilians are far from the requirements upon our soldiers, they too are an integral part of the U.S. Army and, in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the majority of the workforce.
Each year at its Engineer Day observance, the Southwestern Division Office in Dallas recognizes seven of its employees who best represent each of the Army Values. This year, SWD is proud the recognize the following employees:
Loyalty: Laurie Arvey, Procurement Analyst, Office of the chief of Regional Contracting
Duty: Kandy Frye, Program Analyst, Military Integration Division
Respect: Adam Crisp, Program Manager, Military Integration Division
Selfless Service: Elliott Carman, Regulatory Appeals Officer, Operations and Regulatory Division
Honor: Margaret Johanning, Senior Planner, Planning and Policy Division
Integrity: Karen Renee Robinson, Finance and Accounting Officer, Regional Resources Division
Personal Courage: Larry Leahy, Program Manager, Military Integration Division
These are the Army Values that the nominees were judged against in the competition.
o Loyalty Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, and our team mates
o Duty Fulfill your obligations.
Accept responsibility for your own actions and those entrusted to your care.
Find opportunities to improve oneself for the good of the group.
o Respect Rely upon the golden rule.
How we consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally and as a professional organization.
o Selfless Service Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own.
o Honor Live up to all the Army values
o Integrity Do what is right, legally and morally.
Be willing to do what is right even when no one is looking.
It is our "moral compass" an inner voice.
o Personal Courage Our ability to face fear, danger, or adversity, both physical and moral courage.
Congratulations to these honorees, and to all Army employees who exemplify these values in all they do supporting the U. S. Army and the Nation.