This particularly the case given that the meaning one attaches to "the Profession of Arms" is largely personal and internal. It was General of the Army Douglas MacArthur who once pointed out that; Yours is the Profession of Arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory, that if you lose, the nation will be destroyed, that the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country… (Bonn, IX) As members of this noble profession, our number one goal is to serve the people of this great nation by amongst other things securing the nation from any external threat