Posted on Feb 10, 2014
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Which is truly the better NCO or are they both good NCOs? Going to the NCO of the Quarter board or any board is something that is highly recommended to do as far as showing you can stand out amongst your peers but not everyone has such great memory. Some have other qualities to show they are amongst the best. If going to the board and winning is the sure way, are other options for NCOs that are bad at boards?
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1SG Visual Information Operations Chief
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Going to the NCO of the QTR/YR board is only one bullet on the NCOER. It does not equate to the total Soldier concept and performance. Now if the NCO performed well during the year and won the board it should reflect in the Evaluation.
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No. Being able to memorize what people want to hear should never be more important than being able to operate and lead competently.<div><br></div><div>How many book smart service members are there with no common sense?</div>
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MSG Cameron Davis
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That's poses a very interesting question. I think that
winning an NCO board definitely warrants mentioning on an NCOER.  I also believe that a board identifies that
an NCO knows the right answer but the real question would be; does he/she know
how to apply it?  When I add this
question, I would say that it should not be something that puts one NCO above
the other when it is evaluation time. 
The evaluation should encompass their entire ability and
performance.  Somewhere around my second
year as a Drill Sergeant, my unit was visited by the Drill Sergeant of the
Year.  He was a great guy but had only
been on the trail for a year and that year was spent jumping from board to
board until he won DS of the year.  He was
then whisked from TRADOC unit to TRADOC unit to give us all pointers (critic)
us on how to be a Drill Sergeant….this from a Drill Sergeant who never led
Privates.  To think that he would get a
better rating than all of the other Drill Sergeants standing in the hot Georgia
sun in full battle rattle teaching privates to shoot, well that hardly seems
right.          



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