[...]... the military have focused on the activities and actions of the body, and have ignored the body itself This Handbook of Military Administration is an attempt to capture the essence of the public administration of the U.S military and offer a brief comparison to other nations’ military administrations It is our hope and desire that this volume may serve to generate an interest by others in military administration, ... aspect of U.S military administration is the business of contracting out different aspects of security operations, such as security for service contractors This has given rise to private military companies What the relationship of these private companies is to the military and how they operate under the rules of engagement are all areas of concern for military administration Development of professional... PM Chapter 2 Professionals, Bureaucrats and Citizen Soldiers: The Countervailing Patterns of American Military Administration Darrell W Driver One of the central difficulties in studying military administration is determining the nature of the thing being studied That is, in terms of its basic character, what kind of organization is the military most like? And what kind of work does military service... professional training and the imparting of professional values and ethics is a primary concern of training and development The military profession is guided by a sense of what it means to serve Concepts of duty and honor permeate the profession, combined with a mission-oriented and “get the mission DK3629.indb 3 11/1/07 2:25:25 PM   n  Handbook of Military Administration accomplished” attitude Selfless... for the military bureaucracy Interestingly, military administration is larger than the actual combat units, typically the ratio is three to one Overlaid on the different functions of military administration are the concepts of professionalism, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness Because the stakes are so high in terms of the loss of life and at times the survival of the nation, the military. .. literature have generally provided different answers For one view, the military is a profession The complexity of military work in the modern era has resulted in the necessary specialization and professionalization of military activity, where the development of and proficiency in a body of military expert, abstract knowledge is the sine quo non of success on the contemporary battlefield (Huntington, 1957,... Professionals, Bureaucrats and Citizen Soldiers: The Countervailing Patterns of American Military Administration 9 Darrell W Driver The Military as a Profession: The Rise and Struggles of Autonomous Professionalism 11 The Military as a Public Bureaucracy: Rational Structures and Principle Agents 16 Article I.  The Military as a Public Institution: The Long Shadow of. .. Conclusion 292 Military Culture .292 Is There One Military Culture?” .293 Pressures on Military Culture 295 The Military as “Social Lab” 297 Conclusion .297 References .298 Chapter 15 The Profession of Arms and the Management of Violence .301 Saundra J Reinke and Randall Miller The Profession of Arms 302 What Is a Profession? ... first issue of Public Administration Review and you will find multiple articles addressing the administration of the United States military Today it has gone out of favor and is not a subject of study The military is the largest governmental bureaucracy in the United States The administrative changes that have occurred in the military throughout the nation’s history are responsible for some of the major... does not rise in prominence in military doctrine Consequently, the U.S military often finds itself conducting public administration operations and relearning lessons from previous operations In short, the public administration systems of the DoD are the vital organs and body of the entire military The conduct of war and operations other than war are the actions or activities of that body For too long, . Chan 74 . Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration, edited by Dennis L. Soden and Brent S. Steel 75 . Handbook of State Government Administration, . Gargan 76. Handbook of Global Legal Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 78. Handbook of Global Economic Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 79 . Handbook of Strategic