This monograph examines the current state of Coast Guard Professional Military Education (PME) to identify areas for improvement to ensure Coast Guard officers have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to operate in an increasingly...
The defeat of the Axis forces around the world ushered in a new dilemma for the NCO Corps in Post-World War II era. The NCO Corps began a new course. The technical ratings were removed and service-wide standards for NCO selection and training were...
The defeat of the Axis forces around the world ushered in a new dilemma for the NCO Corps in Post-World War II era. The NCO Corps began a new course. The technical ratings were removed and service-wide standards for NCO selection and training were...
1945 was marking the end of WW II and the start of a changing military. Units are being deactivated while the military starts downsizing with the dreams of peace for Americans. The changing times has created several challenges for the military as...
Some of the best leaders I’ve encountered have been what our military calls NCOs-non commissioned officers. These groups of individuals are of the most dedicated and self sacrificing people in the world. All appointed by a commissioned officer,...
The USA Sergeants Major Academy has gradually matured in the 1980s from a small officer-led organization to a much larger noncommissioned officer institution. At the beginning of the decade, fewer than 100 soldiers worked at the Academy; 25% of...
The Army has a problem with fraternization. This problem compromises authority, discipline, and morale of the organization. Furthermore, this everlasting problem needs to be continuously monitored. “Ethics is described as action one takes to...
The Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) are the backbone of the Army and the reason why our Army is the best trained and most respected in the world. The NCO has been around since the beginning of the Continental Army in 1775. This paper will show how...
The NCO Vision states: “An NCO Corps, grounded in heritage, values and tradition, that embodies the warrior ethos: values perpetual learning; and is capable of leading, training and motivating soldiers.”
We must always be an NCO Corps that:
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“War brings opportunity” is a well known saying. What many failed to realize is that these opportunities can exist within the U.S. Army promotion system. Following WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam there were large increases in the numbers of Army...
The evolution of the Non Commissioned Officers Corps in the United States Army as we know it today is quite a remarkable transition. The Non Commissioned Officer Corps started as an honorable organization and has remained that way 230 years down...
Throughout the history of the Army the training of Non Commissioned Officers has been on the job training by experience. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the Non Commissioned Officer training as we know it came into existence. There have been...
Non-Commissioned Officers are the backbone of the Army and the reason our Army is the best trained, most professional, and most respected in the world.
The NCO Vision: An NCO Corps, grounded in heritage, values and tradition that embodies the...
Throughout history the Non-Commission Officer (NCO) has played an indispensable role in the readiness of the United States Army. The NCO Corps have contributed input in the development of lighter more efficient weapons, assumed more duties and...
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,...
Throughout history, the Army has entrusted those who wore stripes with duties and responsibilities that required leadership skills and technical proficiency (Hogan 257). Although duties and tactics have become more complex, the fundamental...
As the Noncommissioned Officer Education System continues to grow, the NCO of today combines history and tradition with skill and ability to prepare for combat. He retains the duties and responsibilities given to him by von Steuben in 1778, and...
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...