Future of NCO Corps Future of Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps A critical link The past and present The future after 9/11 Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps has traditionally been important in the armed forces of the U.S. Provision of training and mentoring to the general rank soldiers and effective assistance to second lieutenants has been the traditional responsibility of NCOs. The NCOs are technicians and team leaders as well. The role has significance in the future

NCO education prolonged and became solemnized during the decades of 1970s and 1980s. (History of the NCO (from FM 7-22.7)) Many variation in the NCO command structure resulted over the years but perhaps none were as significant as when the Army became an all-volunteer force in 1973. The objective was to create a modern Army upon the principles of personnel management, leadership, and motivation to create a modern Army upon

Army STEPIntroductionThe Army STEP (Select, Train, Educate, and Promote) program is an initiative aimed at improving the quality and effectiveness of the U.S. Army's non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps. The NCO corps is a critical component of the Army, responsible for leading and training soldiers at the squad and platoon level. However, in recent years, there have been concerns about the readiness and capabilities of the NCO corps, particularly in the

Education and training required i. NCO training is sometimes a specialized course, but many ascend to the rank by excelling in basic and specialist training as well as in field combat as non-officers. d. Skills demanded by the position i. Leadership ii. Tactical abilities iii. Combat valor IV. Variables of the Career a. Combat implications of non-commissioned officer role i. Non-commissioned officers differ from commissioned officers in that they are more often in combat situations b. Field

Brigade The 56th Heavy Brigade Combat Team is suffering from a shortage of effective leadership, a factor that appears to be impacting nearly every functional aspect of the brigade. Hard-wired coordination has given way to fractured, piece-meal functioning that is particularly in evidence within and across S1, S3, and S4. Several variables appear to be associated with the diminished leadership, including the following issues that I observed or noted during

military readiness intrinsically declines the longer a military encounter is prolonged due to the wear and tear exacted by war. As such, it is important to gauge a country's level of military preparedness at the outset of any martial encounter to truly assess its readiness for protracted combat situations. There are a number of sources that attest to the fact that at the end of the 20th century, the