Military and DA civilian leaders have responsibility for what their sections, units, or organizations do or fail to do. Individual Responsibility A-19. All soldiers and DA civilians must account for their personal conduct. Commissioned officers, warrant officers, and DA civilians assume personal responsibility when they take their oath. DA civilians take the same oath as commissioned officers.
Soldiers take their initial oath of enlistment.
Members of the Army account for their actions to their fellow soldiers or coworkers, the appointed leader, their unit or organization, the Army, and the American people. Communication among individuals, teams, units, and organizations is essential to efficient and effective mission accomplishment. Mission accomplishment depends on information passing accurately to and from subordinates and leaders, up and down the chain of command and NCO support channel, and laterally among adjacent organizations or activities. The Army has only one chain of command. Through this chain of command, leaders issue orders and instructions and convey policies.