REVOLUTIONARY REGIMENTAL STAFF

• Three field officers.• Six staff officers.• Four staff NCOs: A sergeant major. A quartermaster sergeant. Two lead musicians.

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THE COLOR SERGEANT

• Led the color guard.

• Maintained proper alignment and cadence.

• Focal point on which men dressed.

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REVOLUTIONARY COMPANY

• Four officers.

• Four sergeants.

• Two musicians(A fifer and a drummer).

• Eighty “rank and file” soldiers-

Four corporals

Seventy-six privates

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CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL NCO STAFF

• A sergeant major.

• A quartermaster sergeant.

• A commissary sergeant.

• A hospital steward and,

• Two musicians.

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GENERAL PERSHING’S MESSAGE

“NCOs must love initiative and hold what ground they gained to the utmost. It often happens that a sergeant or even a corporal may decide a battle by the boldness with which he seizes a bit of ground and holds it.”

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NCOES 1971

• The Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course(BNCOC).

• The Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course(ANCOC).

• The Sergeants Major Course(SMC).

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PREREVOLUTIONARY PERIOD MILITIA

• Created for protection against Indians on the frontier and warring European powers.

• Blended French, British, and Prussian traditions.

• Involved in first fighting between colonists and British in American Revolution.

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THE BLUE BOOK

• NCO selected by and responsible to the commander.

• No NCO could transfer and retain grade.

• Stressed NCO responsibility for the care, discipline, and training of soldiers.

• Initiated a Company Descriptive Book.

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CIVIL WAR RESULTS

• Deadlier weapons ended the use of linear formation tactics.

• Eliminated the color sergeant’s role.

• All NCOs to receive training in giving commands.

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WORLD WAR I

• Raised the status of the NCO corps.

• Reemphasized the the use of small unit tactics.

• Prepared NCOs for the age of modern warfare.

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WORLD WAR II

• Placed greater demands on NCO leadership skills.

• NCO retained grade upon transfer

• Forced the creation of a new specialist rank “techs.”

• These technical specialists proved essential to winning the war.

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KOREAN WAR

• Opening months of war demonstrated the neglect in training.

• Majority of fighting took the form of small unit actions.

• Emphasized the need to maintain a well trained minimum amount of forces to meet the worldwide Communist threat.

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VIETNAM WAR EFFORT

• First forces used as military advisors.

• Success depended on small unit leadership.

• Airmobility made the role of the NCO more effective and of greater importance.

• This war belonged to the platoon sergeant,

squad, patrol, and fire team leader.

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TRIUMPH OF PROFESSIONALISM

• Elimination of the draft.

• Implementation of an all volunteer force, the Modern Volunteer Army(MVA).

• Created a new enlisted rank structure.

• Noncommissioned Officer Education System(NCOES) initiated.

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TRIUMPH OF PROFESSIONALISM (Cont)

• Implementation of the Enlisted Personnel Management System(EPMS) to regulate all career development for enlisted personnel.

• Evolution of the Noncommissioned Officer Development Program(NCODP) which emphasized “doing” rather than “testing.”

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