Accountability is one of the biggest and one of the key most important things that you need to be in the Army. Being accountable, means being dependable, arriving to work and appointments on time, meeting deadlines, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time. Morning formation is the most important formation of the day. It is made to get accountability of everyone and put out any information that may needs to be dealt with. Without having accountability there is no knowing of where everybody is or what's going on. Not only does accountability matter in formation it is also imperative to have accountability of all your weapons and sensitive items. Accountability means the state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. It’s important to be accounted for no matter if you’re part of a formation or some type of business. Being accounted for let’s that subjects accountee know that he/she is at his point of place and time. To be accounted for allows the subject to be somewhere else other than his point of duty, knowing that his command knows of his whereabouts and his status. One likes to believe that being on time is being late, but being early is being on time. The importance of being on time when getting accounted for shows how responsible you are instead of showing up late and know one knowing what has come of you. Incase of something happening spontaneously and you don't have any knowing of how much and where everything is there is alot of confusion and drama. Any time anything happens or you are preparing to go to the field or deployment of course you have to have accountability and order. Without that there would be chaos. Accountability is not an abstract concept.. It is actually extremely simple. Accountability means saying what you mean, meaning what you say, and doing what you say you're going to do. In short, accountability is taking responsibility for your words and actions. Accountability is a principal mechanism for ensuring conformity to standards of action. In a properly functioning system or organization, there should be accountability for one's actions, regardless of whether those actions are properly executed and lead to a successful result, or are improperly carried out and produce injurious consequences. An accountable cannot shelter behind the actions of a subordinate, and an accountable is always answerable to superiors. One who is authorized to act or who exercises authority is 'responsible'. However, responsible persons are also held to account. An individual who exercises power while acting in the discharge of official functions is responsible for the proper exercise of the power or duties assigned. A person exercising supervisory authority is responsible, and hence accountable as well.