5/29/2023 0 Comments Enlisted vs officer![]() ![]() Given the necessity and new capabilities of remote learning during the past year because of the global pandemic, geographical distance is no longer an obstacle. Day one at a new unit should not be the first time senior NCOs and newly- minted field grade officers interact. These courses provide ample opportunities to develop understanding and foster teamwork between officers and NCOs well in advance of the time they may serve together. ![]() Throughout each 10-month course, neither school attempts to bridge the officer-NCO PME gap, even though conditions at these schools are optimal for students to learn from each other. Both schools focus on the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), leadership, and expectation of roles, yet zero formal links exist between the two institutions, making missed opportunities for interaction and collaboration. If the Army rejects Huntington’s claim, why then does the institution continue the artificial divide between NCO and officer professional military education (PME)? A Missed OpportunityĬurrently, curriculum overlap exists between the Command and General Staff College (CGSC, the educational institution responsible for mid-career officers) and the U.S. As the backbone of the Army, they are the critical link that enables the execution of mission command. Army’s asymmetrical advantage has always been its Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps. Originally written by Samuel Huntington in 1957, the above passage could not be more wrong today. This fundamental difference between the officer corps and the enlisted corps is reflected in the sharp line which is universally drawn between the two in all the military forces of the world.” (Huntington, 1985, p.17) Their vocation is a trade not a profession. They are specialists in the application of violence not the management of violence. “The enlisted personnel have neither the intellectual skills nor the professional responsibility of the officer. ![]()
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