promotion Archives — The NCO Guide

Epi #11, The Newly Promoted Sergeant

March 13, 2015January 17, 2018 Dan Elder

The Promoted Sergeant After an almost 1-year break, our podcasts are back. This edition we bring you Episode 11 with a new format and a different way to start the conversation, we hope you the listener engages with us and our listeners at our site NCOGuide.net. In this shortened episode host CSM (Ret.) Dan Elder answers a question about NCO leadership... Read More

How to be promoted to Sergeant without even Trying

December 7, 2013January 18, 2018 Dan Elder

Promoted To Sergeant Without Trying Imagine my surprise when I read that even without going before a promotion board and without the recommendation of a commander or a board of senior noncommissioned officers that a soldier can be promoted to the rank of Sergeant. No wonder that some think the noncommissioned officer corps is not professional, the bean counters strike... Read More