There is little tolerance for slipshod work or halfway measures. In short, you must perform each duty as if your entire reputation depended upon its successful completion. A look at today's officer corps would prompt the response, all kinds of people - all races, both genders, all religions. But the real answer lies not in how these people are different, but in how they are alike. They are all motivated, eager for challenges, hungry for responsibility.
Army officers are well-trained professionals.
They understand leadership enough to be willing to follow the leaders and contribute their success to the greater goal. This means a willingness to fight, enter areas of great personal danger and accept the hazards of battle. Army officers look at the valued customs which accompany their position as a priceless heritage passed along to them by officers of the past. And they pledge to preserve these customs for officers of the future. They're loyal - to the ideals of being an Army officer, to the Army, to the country that they serve.