Officer posting in formations.

<p>If I'm reading this the way I think I am. When a Commander gives the command post, the subordinate officers (standing centered behind their element) Make a left face and March around the&nbsp;left of their element. The Enlisted member conducts a Right face as soon as the officer comes into his/her view, (normally as the officer is passing the front rank and marches around the right side of the element and assumes the position the officer was in. He or she never leaves the formation.&nbsp; </p><p>The Term "Post" is defined as the "correct place for an Officer or Non Commissioned Officer to stand in a Formation.</p><p>Why do we do it? When the 1SG/CSM etc. are out front, the NCOs are in charge are the formation, therefore the subordinate elements have NCOs out front. When the Commander takes charge of the Formation he/she "Posts" his/her subordinate Officers signifying that the Officers are now in charge of the formation.&nbsp; It works the same way for all Echelons. Its part of our military tradition, and should not be altered unit to unit.</p>

Our leaders always stood one in front one in back and at post circled the formation the opposite way of each other. Or alternately, they officer came from the back, received a salute from the NCOIC, returned the salute and the NCO departed to the rear of the formation opposite the direction the officer had come from. Always seemed to work fine and there was never any awkwardness

Does anyone know any cases where it's correct for NCO's to be standing in the back of the Platoon formations with the Officers?