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Arceneaux, CSM Leroy

CSM Leroy Arceneaux, CSM at 30 years old (Redstone Arsenal)

Artwork – Noncommissioned Officer

The Noncommissioned Officer: Images of an Army in Action CMH

Badge of Military Merit (Also see Purple Heart)

The Blue Book – digital copy of one of the original versions of the Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Part I.

Conscript/Conscription (Also see Draft)

Command Sergeant Major (Also see Sergeant Major)

Dining In
- Formal Dining-In Handbook, ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY FORT BLISS TX, 1983
Draft (Also see Conscription)
- Undergraduate Research Guide: Military Draft University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dobol, Theodore (Ted), Cmd Sgt Maj
- Two future SMAs (Wooldridge & Bainbridge) with Sgt Maj Ted Dobol in Vietnam(photo)
  - Normandy, June 6, 1955: Master Sgt. Theodore Dobol of the 1st Infantry Divisionplaces a wreath at the grave of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. during a ceremony at the U.S. cemetery at Omaha Beach.
  - Nov 1996 edition of The Talon commemorating Cmd Sgt Maj Ted Dobol and therenaming of Camp Alisha to Camp Dobol.

First Sergeant:

First Sergeant Duty Infantry Magazine, Sept-Dec, 2000 by Master Sergeant Bertram F. Vaughan
Dedication to the First Sergeant Rod Powers
The Diamond (NCO Journal) Robert Bouilly

Historical Summaries

Department of the Army Historical Summaries (1969-1996) (CMH)

Hogan, 1SG Henry

1st Sgt Henry Hogan, Double MOH awardee

Noncommissioned Officer:

Short History of the NCO (L.R. Arms)
The Army Noncommissioned Officers Guide, FM 7-22.7
NCO History, NCO Guide FM 7-22.7
Identify the Historical Progression and Significiant Contributions of the Non-commissioned Officer Corps 400-022-1001 (ATSC)
The Trials and Tribulations of Korean War NCO COL John Collins Feb 2003 ARMY – A detailed article on events that led to major changes in the post WWII Army.

Noncommissioned Officer Academies

Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course (NCOCC)

NCO Candidate Course (Extract) (Dan Elder)
History of the Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course NCOCC
AR 601-233, 7 Apr 69, Combat Arms Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Enlistment Option Program Pentagon Library
Shake and Bake NCOs, A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources USMHI
The Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course Haines Research Paper, USASMA, page 75

Noncommissioned Officer Creed

Origins of the NCO Creed (NCO Journal, Dan Elder and Felix Sanchez)

Noncommissioned Officer Journal (NCO Journal)

NCO Journal archives

Noncommissioned Officer Education System

History of of the Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) Dr. Robert Bouilly
Educating Noncommissioned Officers: The history (Dan Elder)
Education System Pays Off Army, AUSA

Oral Interview Transcripts

Oral Interview Transcripts of past SMAs (USASMA)
OPERATION Desert Shield/Storm Interviews (CMH)
OPERATION Just Cause Interviews (CMH)
A Sergeant Major’s Philosophy, Sergeant Major Kusko, Stanley A., WWII
Airborne Combat World War II, Combat Operations, Sgt. Burgett, Donald
Effects of Prolonged Combat World War II Combat Operations Corporal Marchetti, John
Train to Fight Vietnam Combat Operations Staff Sergeant White, Reginald ARMY
SOP’s save lives in combat Panama Combat Operations Sgt M., Steve

Project 100,000
- Project 100,000: Testimony and Report on the Study of Vietnam War Era Low Aptitude Military Recruits American War Library
- Bibliography, African-American Involvement in the Vietnam War, Project 100,000
- PROJECT 100,000/TRANSITION, 1966‑71 A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

Rank (Also see Insignia):
- History of Enlisted Ranks
- Short History of the Specialist Rank (Dan Elder)
- Insignia: The Way You Tell Who’s Who in the Military AFIS
- US Army Insignia Homepage USAIHP
- US Military Enlisted Rank Insignia DoD
- History of Army Air Corps Insgnia (USAF)
- WWI Uniforms and Insignia (Rootsweb)
- Dating US Army Chevrons (Howard Lanham)
Roosevelt, 1SG George Washington
- First Sergeant George Washington Roosevelt (Uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt and Grandfather of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.)
Ryan, 1SG John
- 1st Sgt John Ryan, Custer’s First Sergeant

Sergeant Major (also see Command Sergeant Major)

History of the Sergeant Major (Dan Elder)

Sergeant Major of the Army

Office of the Sergeant Major of the Army (Dan Elder)

Studies, Committee’s and Reports

Doolittle Board – Officer – Enlisted Man Relationships 1946 Report of the Secretary of War’s Board on Officer – Enlisted Man Relationships
Hook Commission – 1949 article from Army Information Digest, “Career Compensation for the Services” discussing the Hook Commission results.
Womble Board 1953 Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Military Service as a Career that will Attract and Retain Capable Career Personnel
Cordiner Committee – Executive Summary of the 1957 Report of the Defense Advisory Committee on Professional and Technical Compensation.
Haines Board – 1966 article in Army Digest reporting highlights of the Haines board on Education
Emerson Board – Introduction (only) of the 1971 Report of the CONARC Leadership Board
USAWC Study of Leadership for the Professional Soldier – Executive Summary of 1 July 1971 report.

Testing
- Competency Testing (ARI)

Uniforms

US Enlisted Uniforms 1900-1918 Presented by: Glenn E. Hyatt Fredericksburg Memorial Military Museum
The WAAC Unifor m US Army Womens Museum

Vietnam The National Archives online documents relating to the Vietnam conflict. Good site for source material.
von Stueben – Baron Von Stueben essay

Women’s Army Corps (WAC/WAAC)
- The Women’s Army Corps, 1945-1978 COL Bettie J. Morden, CMH (1990 Edition)
- The Woman’s Army Corps, A Commemoration of World War II Service, By Judith A. Bellafaire
- Women in the Military, US Army
- The Women’s Army Corps LTC Mattie Treadwell, USAFR, CMH (1953 Edition)
- The WAAC Uniform, US Army Womens Museum
- Images, The WAAC Uniform, US Army Womens Museum
- Women in Vietnam, including first WAC Det.
- Unarmed and under fire: An oral history of female Vietnam vets
- History of women NCOs 1961-1975
  History of women NCOs 1976-Present
- WACs at War, National Army Museum
- The Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association
Women in the Military:
Woodfill, Samuel
- May 18, 1942 Time article on Woodfill and York
- Photo of Samuel Woodfill, proclaimed highest decorated doughboy in WWI
- Nov 21, 1921 NY Times article on Samuel Woodfill

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