History of the NCO Creed
It started on the fourth floor of Building 4 at Fort
Benning, Georgia, in 1973 with a plain white sheet of paper…
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: COMBAT VET DON’T MEAN CRAZY
One of the challenges with talking about veteran mental health in post-military life is the first place that we…
RFI: NCOER Form Numbers in the 1970s
A: According to a Tech Memo from EREC at Ft Ben Harrison (Now HRC) in Mar 1976 the chronological listing of NCO…
Short History of the Specialist Rank
There was (and is today) difficulty in identifying noncommissioned officers who were leaders and those who were…
Recent Stories
This is a reprint and expansion on the original, concise history of the US Army Noncommissioned Officer. Originally…