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The NCO’s Role in Promoting Pride and Esprit de Corps

SGT Singh, Chandra Sekhar

NCOA, Fort Bliss, TX

Basic Leadership Course 8TH PLT

SSG Werner, Issac

19 April 2024
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The NCO’s Role in Promoting Pride and Esprit de Corps

The purpose of this essay is to deliver the NCO’s Role in Promoting Pride in the

Military. The United States Army noncommissioned officer (NCO) Corps has

significantly developed over the past two centuries. It is particularly an American

society, a derivative of the American frontier and European military tradition. The NCOs

are responsible for conducting the Army’s day-to-day operations. They are also

accountable for sustaining and implementing high levels of discipline and standards

(“The Noncommissioned Officer Guide,” 2020).

Inspector General Prussian Baron Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand

von Steuben (later Baron von Steuben) instructed selected Continental armies to train,

guide, and most significantly instructed others during the American Revolution; by then,

this became the basis of the modern NCO Crops (“The Noncommissioned Officer

Guide,” 2020). From 1778 until now, Von Steuben's regulation specified the highlight for

NCO obligations and commitments; he was the first person to call the NCO Corps the

"backbone" of the Army (SSG Perkioniemi, 2011).

NCOs are obliged to lead and mentor Soldiers and enforce policies and

procedures. Their proficiency and experience are essential for training and educating

the upcoming Soldiers (Northrup, 2023). The NCOs are caretakers of organizational

history, culture, and values. They are also responsible for transferring these values to

the subsequent Soldiers. As a leader, their job is to recognize the soldiers' unique skills

and guide them to be confident and qualified leaders (Jackson, 2018). For example, I

joined the army as a private and was thinking of leaving the army. In 2022, I met a Staff

Sergent (SSG), and he encouraged and guided me on how to use my skills and
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knowledge. After over one and a half years, I became a Sergeant and was about to

complete my college degree.

NCOs develop the ideas of morality, fairness, honesty, modesty, integrity, and

bravery via their actions. They do not only talk the talk, but they also walk the walk.

They are essential to supporting the military tradition and idea of the Profession of Arms

by planting its dignified qualities in soldiers (“National Defense University Press,” n.d., p.

10). NCOs assemble more profound Army values, personal values, family bonds, robust

professional ethics, and high integrity. Consequently, their responsibility is to pass on

the history of the organization’s crests, awards, decorations, and badges to the soldiers

(“The Noncommissioned Officer Guide,” 2020).

In conclusion, the NCO's role in promoting pride and esprit de corps is very

crucial and significant to the soldiers. NCOs' leadership and responsibility motivate and

help soldiers be good leaders and achieve personal and professional goals through

their mentorship. Their role in maintaining military values and traditions is essential.
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References

Jackson, E. B. (2018, April 4). The Army doesn’t effectively mentor noncommissioned

officers. it needs to start. Army University Press.

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2018/April/

Mentor-NCOs/

National Defense University Press. (n.d.). The noncommissioned officer and petty

officer. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from www.jcs.mil.

https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/nco/NCO-Backbone.pdf

Northrup, S. (2023, March 2). Empowering the future: The vital role of NCO

Professional Development in the Army. www.army.mil.

https://www.army.mil/article/264477/empowering_the_future_the_vital_role_of_nco

_professional_development_in_the_army

SSG Perkioniemi, J. (2011, March 11). Army NCO history (part 1): American revolution.

www.army.mil.

https://www.army.mil/article/18042/army_nco_history_part_1_american_revolution

The Noncommissioned Officer Guide. (2020, January 1). NCO Leadership Center of

Excellence. Retrieved April 16, 2024,

from https://www.ncolcoe.army.mil/Portals/71/publications/ref/Army-NCO-Guide-

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