Despite rank differences, placement in professional military education, housing assignments, pay scale, and so forth, all-hands membership in the profession of arms is widely supported. No matter what their rank, specialty, or discipline, military members enlist in the same professional organization, becoming bona fide members and performing specialized functions and missions. Not only commissioned officers, but also today’s noncommissioned officers and petty officers meet the criteria many accept as making them authentic members of the profession of arms. Furthermore, North Atlantic Treaty Organization examples abound: some nations are significantly upgrading their enlisted corps, some are ending conscription, and some have added more enlisted ranks.