February 2014 — The NCO Guide

Standards and Discipline, Episode #6

February 24, 2014January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

Standards and Discipline This week on the NCO Guide CSM (Ret) Dan Elder and CSM (Ret) Archie Davis talk about Standards and Discipline in NCO Guide podcast #6. We look at and define Standards, review doctrine, and ask ourselves and YOU about standards and discipline? Please add comments here in the comments section, or call our Hotline at (254) 853-4410,... Read More

Podcast #5 The NCO Vision, is it Relevant?

February 14, 2014January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

NCO Vision This week on the NCO Guide CSM (Ret) Dan Elder and CSM (Ret) Archie Davis ask the question in NCO Guide podcast #5 “Is the NCO Vision Relevant?” We look at the history, the doctrine and ask ourselves and YOU what is a Vision, and is the NCO Vision still applicable as it was when it was created? Special... Read More

We Already had an Army Logo

February 10, 2014January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

Army Logo Already Existed The United States Army Institute of Heraldry is probably pretty pissed right now. Created in 1919 to approve and coordinate the coats of arms and insignia of U.S. Army organizations, for almost 100 years they have been the standards bearer for heraldic and other military symbols for not only the US Army, but other elements of the federal... Read More

What’s wrong with the Change of Responsibility Ceremony?

February 3, 2014January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

Change of Responsibility Ceremony Noncommissioned officers are expected to teach military customs, courtesies, and traditions, yet what do you do when customs and traditions either are non-standardized or are still emerging? I mean how can something be a tradition to share and hand down when it is only just now becoming mainstream? Today the Change of Responsibility Ceremony is one of... Read More

RFI: Upcoming Podcast, “The NCO Vision, is it Relevant?”

February 2, 2014January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

Is The NCO Vision Relevant? Next week on the NCO Guide we ask the question “The NCO Vision, is it Relevant?” We look at doctrine, as well as what is going on in the field, and talk about the NCO Vision. This week we hope to hear from you as we take comments from our readers and listeners online and in social... Read More