The year 1988 saw the continued growth and refinement of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1 January 1988 to 31...
The year 1989 saw the continued growth and refinement of the United states Army Sergeants Major Academy. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1 January 1989 to 31...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The US Army Sergeants Major Academy is a growing, changing, institution demanding an ever increasing historical awareness. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy has grown extensively from the early days of 1972. The year 1986 marked an end of the old Academy and beginning of the new. As the new Academy building rose in the West Texas sun, many changes began...
Enclosed are first 38 pages of Report of the Us. Defense Advisory Committee on professional and technical compensation, Volume 1. (UC 74 A4 1957) This is known as the Cordiner Report. It is important in NCO history since the committee, in 1957,...
The year 1987 saw the completion of the new United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. This impressive structure replaced a number of old dilapidated buildings, most of which were cleared away as rubble. As the rubble cleared, a number of changes...
This 1977 package covers 4 major sections: (1) training and information on training developments and initiatives, (2) training, explanations, and illustration on "How to" conduct training, (3) checklist on conducting training management process,...
This table is the authority to requisition and issue, in accordance with pertinent Department of the
Army directives, all items listed herein unless otherwise indicated.
One of the greatest days in an enlisted member's naval service is the day they advance from first class petty officer to chief petty officer. Their uniform changes from utilities to khaki and they are then accepted into the Chief Petty Officer's...
As the year 1996 ended, the USASMA Historian's duties were given to the curator of the US Army Museum of the Noncommissioned Officer. It was in this way that I assumed the responsibility to write the annual historical review for calendar year 1996,...
The US Army Sergeants Major Academy is a growing, changing, institution demanding an ever increasing historical awareness. This history is set forth to retain the processes, reasoning, and results of the Academy's efforts during the period from 1...
In the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Navy, a petty officer is a noncommissioned officer. The title petty officer is roughly equivalent to that of sergeant in the U.S. Army, U.s. Air Force, and U.s. Marine Corps.
Petty Officer comes...
Sergeants Major of the Army (SMA) have made many contributions that have changed, or in some way, affected the non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps and the Army. From the inception of the position, SMAs have refined the duties of their position,...
The extensive history of the Sergeant Major can be traced back to the fifteenth century, to the French and English Armies. The role of the predecessor of today's Sergeant Major as we know it is considered by some to be the predecessor of the...
The evolution of the sergeant major has been a long and successful story. The position has evolved from the rudimentary running of units to testifying in front of congress on behalf of all soldiers in the Army. Sergeants Major have evolved from...
This self study (prepared in 1980) is a comprehensive review of the organization and operation of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. It represents policy, program, and organizational review and has brought to light deficiencies which might...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...