A domain-based model helps illuminate terms and concepts in the debate over the professional status of military members. They are adjudged professionals based on exacting criteria. The U.S. military as a community applies the subdomain of arms for its primary society, the Nation. It performs a vital function, mastery of the art and science of arms, to protect the society in ways the society accepts. It has established the proper mechanisms for its practitioners, the Servicemembers, to attain and sustain professional status, and the practitioners generally sustain community norms and meet societal expectations

President Barack Obama’s address in Accra, Ghana, in July 2009, signaled a pivotal moment for U.S. policy toward and priorities in Africa.