The line comes right after the Warrior Ethos in the Soldier's Creed: "I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills." In the very first days of ...

Archilochus, a Greek poet and soldier from the 7th century BCE, once wrote, “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” The U.S. Army knows this all too ...