Responsibilities of NCOs will grow, say leaders

Good article, but doesn't seem new to me. I've been retired since 2006 and it was this way then and before. This is the reason a good NCO needs staff time as well as line time. To be a well rounded leader, one must understand how all parts come together. I know I was a little lost the first time I was assigned to a TOC and started doing Staff work. We all look at staff work as POG/REMF work, well it is very important and the tip of the spear doesn't move, eat, fight without those behind the shaft - my job as the V Corps Rear G3 SGM during my last deployment re-enforced this in me. I knew it and learned it, but really saw the fruits of my labor during that deployment. I had some what learned the job when I was the NCOIC for the USNSE in Pristina, Kosovo (NATO, HQ) during my 2001 deployment.
It is great to be on the line, be out doing the mission, but if you don't know how to get the support your soldiers need, or how the system works you can't properly do your job and take care of your soldiers.

If the things listed in the article are all they expect then good NCOs should have no problem - because they already DO all of this. Note, I said GOOD NCOs.
I feel that many lower-ranking NCOs have suffered because the Army's OpTempo has caused SMs to be promoted so quickly that they barely have time to get used to wearing their new stripes before rockers start being added to them. This means there was very little time to learn the more detailed parts of their new positions, which led to a lapse in the care and oversight of junior enlisted.
It is my hope that as the Force shrinks, time between Grades will get longer and SMs will have time to learn ALL of the things they need to know to be successful at each level.

it is something thats has been progressing for Decades...