What It Means To Be A NCO

2015-09-11T09:48:31-04:00

How many times have you felt like this guy?

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Sep 11 at 2015 9:50 AM

2015-09-11T09:50:41-04:00

the day I learned the phrase "Failure to supervise properly"...

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Sep 11 at 2015 9:50 AM

2015-09-11T09:50:55-04:00

I guess they didn't pay attention in class! LOL!

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Sep 11 at 2015 9:52 AM

2015-09-11T09:52:25-04:00

great post!

Response by CW3 Eric W. S. made Sep 11 at 2015 9:56 AM

2015-09-11T09:56:39-04:00

I felt like him so many times, I became a Warrant Officer. I realized that some times, you just can't fix stupid.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 10:03 AM

2015-09-11T10:03:29-04:00

Too many times to count! Ha!!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 10:25 AM

2015-09-11T10:25:41-04:00

Just the look on his face speaks volumes.. That's my spirit animal.

Response by SGT William Howell made Sep 11 at 2015 10:41 AM

2015-09-11T10:41:14-04:00

What being an NCO to me means to me; I can swear wittily and use the shit out of some knife hands. What is better than that?

An example would be running up to this cat and flailing my arms like I was standing in front of a mattress store with a fan up my ass, then screaming, "Holy shit there PVT! You are an abortion poster child! Now get on you face and beat it into the ground until the stupid leaves! Don't you dare get up till I get tired"

You know or something nice like that.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Sep 11 at 2015 11:27 AM

2015-09-11T11:27:25-04:00

Ok this is going to sound bad.

Maybe she thought it was like a vagina, and going to expand to accommodate the large head of the projectile.

Response by SFC Dennis Yancy made Sep 11 at 2015 2:15 PM

2015-09-11T14:15:38-04:00

More times than I care to count.

Response by MSG Frederick Otero made Oct 27 at 2017 10:22 AM

2017-10-27T10:22:47-04:00

Reminds me of a vice president that did just about the same thing.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jan 16 at 2018 12:50 PM

2018-01-16T12:50:42-05:00

Once or twice.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Jan 16 at 2018 1:49 PM

2018-01-16T13:49:55-05:00

IMO this is the perfect representation of NCO life! LOL

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 16 at 2018 2:58 PM

2018-01-16T14:58:48-05:00

It has been a few years - but, isn't the fat pointy end was supposed to go the other way?
Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 16 at 2018 2:59 PM

2018-01-16T14:59:47-05:00

a few LOL

Response by SPC David Willis made Jan 16 at 2018 3:37 PM

2018-01-16T15:37:27-05:00

Good to see no matter what military youre in there are certain looks NCOs have that are universal.

Response by CW4 Craig Urban made Apr 17 at 2018 9:00 PM

2018-04-17T21:00:54-04:00

100. That is why I went warrant. In my day SGM s had a hard time reading and writing. SGM Thomas p Cook. Fort bliss Texas. I was his clerk as a sp/5. Had to move once I made SSG. Did you know Elvis was a sp/5.

Response by CW4 Craig Urban made Apr 17 at 2018 9:04 PM

2018-04-17T21:04:05-04:00

I was number 2 in 7th army NCO academy as a sp/4. Guess I was not stupid. Cw3 Andy luxnor was stupid. No morals. At fort ord. 1978.

Response by MSG Lonnie Averkamp made Jan 5 at 2019 11:45 PM

2019-01-05T23:45:52-05:00

I was Parachute Light Infantry (in some form) for most of my career. When given a chance, I almost always went with Airborne or Special Forces Units. This was not because I was anything special, but I knew that the other men in the Battalion were special. With all respect to conventional "Leg" units, I didn't want to die, because some schmuk couldn't go without a cigarette in the woods at 2:00 AM. I have found that Artillery is a "to whom it may concern" weapon, and you don't have to be the idiot that was spotted to die from it.

Response by Maj John Bell made Mar 30 at 2019 3:31 AM

2019-03-30T03:31:28-04:00

Had a private explain the missing whip antenna for a PRC-77. "Sir, it was all in pieces and just held together by some cable. I tossed it in the dumpster."

Response by SPC Casey Ashfield made Mar 30 at 2019 11:35 AM

2019-03-30T11:35:28-04:00

That is the face of realization he is well inside the minimum safe distance if that RPG goes off.

Response by SFC Melvin Brandenburg made Jul 12 at 2019 7:37 PM

2019-07-12T19:37:52-04:00

This is me grading homework.

Response by SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM made Aug 7 at 2019 9:17 PM

2019-08-07T21:17:51-04:00

Being an NCO is important, because they often are the back and the bone of the Army!!!
The Key to being an NCO is for them to Be, Know and Do!
At the end of the Day!

Response by SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM made Aug 19 at 2019 8:57 PM

2019-08-19T20:57:05-04:00

Many times!

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 3 at 2019 6:18 PM

2019-10-03T18:18:31-04:00

I heavily subscribe to the crawl, walk, and run phases.

Response by SrA Ronald Moore made Nov 3 at 2019 6:52 AM

2019-11-03T06:52:10-05:00

Yeah, As if they just do not get it But some times you have to get down there where they are and show them in the muck and mere.

Response by SGT David Petree made Nov 3 at 2019 4:16 PM

2019-11-03T16:16:11-05:00

it`s time for on the spot training !!! not enough time to run .

Response by PO2 Michael Martin made Nov 4 at 2019 12:40 PM

2019-11-04T12:40:55-05:00

Non commissioned officer

Response by CPO Nate S. made Dec 6 at 2019 9:10 AM

2019-12-06T09:10:15-05:00

It is amazing how many times I have felt this way! It is a WTFO moment! While this is a 4 yr old post, I think of what is happening today around the world and continue to be - bewildered at best!

Hope this was not OJT on the weapon? LoL If so, this group is in real trouble! Perhaps like the OJT taking place down some corridors in the Congress.

After all, CW3 Eric W. S. is very correct as we all know - "You CANNOT fix STUPID!!!" You can help the uneducated, but once "educated" - STUPID is a whole new level of UNCONSCIOUSNESS - but just more dangerous!!!

Response by SSgt Boyd Herrst made Feb 14 at 2020 4:07 PM

2020-02-14T16:07:21-05:00

“Why doesn’t it go in ?”

Response by SPC Kurt Hesselden made May 21 at 2020 10:31 PM

2020-05-21T22:31:37-04:00

You can feel the "OY" from here

Response by SFC Herve Abrams made May 21 at 2020 11:39 PM

2020-05-21T23:39:48-04:00

I was an AIT instructor, so take a guess.

Response by SMSgt David A Asbury made Oct 20 at 2020 1:12 AM

2020-10-20T01:12:17-04:00

A leader first.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 20 at 2020 8:54 AM

2020-10-20T08:54:53-04:00

A few times.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 21 at 2020 12:16 AM

2020-10-21T00:16:02-04:00

There is a prevalent problem in the Army. The stud NCOs get work piled on them because they are reliable. That is unfair so as a commander I insisted that we share the wealth. It is good for fairness, morale, training, and leadership. It also gave me an idea of the potential of the NCO based on present performance.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 24 at 2021 3:46 PM

2021-05-24T15:46:40-04:00

I had three major expectations of NCOs:
- Take care of soldiers.
- Be technically sound.
- Be tactically sound.

The other expectations were:
- Buy into the culture I wanted to create.
- Enforcing standards.
- Be proficient trainers.
- Help me plan and tell me that there is a better way to do things.
-Buy into the endeavor to increase morale.
- Be fair. An example if soldiers volunteer to work weekends they will get two days off. This really worked well as the vast majority of soldiers volunteered to work on the weekends.
- I told the E-5s they were crucial to the unit because it is at their level that the rubber meets the road with the soldiers.
- I expected the 1SG and I work as a tight team and always have his/her ear to the ground.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Oct 14 at 2021 7:13 AM

2021-10-14T07:13:56-04:00