SIX ARMY VALUES
1. COURAGE-DOING AND SAYING THE RIGHT THING NOT THE EASY THING
All soldiers need courage, both physical and moral. Showing physical courage and risking injury or death to complete the mission is about controlling your fear, rather than a lack of fear. Training and discipline will help you perform your duties regardless of dangers and discomforts. Moral courage is doing the right thing, not looking the other way when you know or see something is wrong, even if it is not a popular thing to do or say.
2. DISCIPLINE- DOING THINGS PROPERLY AND SETTING THE RIGHT EXAMPLE.
All teams need discipline. Discipline is vital in the line of work; it means that orders are carried out and everyone is confident that they will not be let down by their teammates. Self-discipline is the best form of discipline - doing your job without being told. It depends on high personal standards that would earn you the trust and respect of your teammates. It gives you the courage to make the difficult choices that you would face in your career. Discipline helps you control fear.
3. RESPECT FOR OTHERSTREAT OTHERS AS YOU EXPECT TO BE TREATED.
Soldiers come in all shapes and sizes and all deserve to be treated fairly. There is no place for any form of harassment or discrimination in an Army that claims to ‘Be the Best’. Discrimination damages teams; it excludes members and does not give them an opportunity to contribute. The Army recognises the importance of humour, but humour must be inclusive. Humour that insults, ridicules or intimidates people is destructive and damages the team. Respecting others is part of the trust that has to exist between you and your teammates; you must judge people on their abilities and not on their race, religion or sex. Respect for others, including civilians, detainees and captured enemy forces, means treating people decently.
4. INTEGRITY- BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAMMATES.
Integrity means being honest, not lying, cheating or stealing. If you lack integrity, your teammates cannot trust what you say or do; they cannot rely on you and your team would suffer. You must look after your integrity as, like trust; once it is lost it takes a long time to earn back, if ever.
5. LOYALTY- SUPPORT THE ARMY AND YOUR TEAMMATES.
Loyalty is about supporting your teammates, looking after and helping them, putting their needs before your own, not letting them down, even when the going gets tough. In return, they would do the same for you. However, loyalty does not mean you should cover up for illegal or unlawful acts committed by your teammates, as that would show a lack of integrity and moral courage.
6. SELFLESS COMMITMENTMATES AND MISSION FIRST, ME SECOND.
The Army is about teamwork - none of us works on his own, we always work in a team: section, platoon/troop, company/ squadron/battery, battalion/regiment. Teams can only be effective if we all play our part in full, putting the team and the mission before our own needs, trusting each other totally - even with our lives if necessary.