History of the NCO Creed

The Non-commissioned Officer 's Creed

The United States of America is the most powerful nation in the world The U .S . is now without a doubt the only remaining superpower in the planet . There can be two major reasons why people can arrive at such a conclusion . In the economic sense a significant number of nations are in trading relationships with America . Aside from that the variety and the volume of products exported by the U .S . to the rest of the world is simply staggering . But no one will disagree that the

more accurate indicator of superpower status is the country 's military might . The U .S Army is the most feared and respected organization in the world but this status would have been impossible without the contribution and self-less sacrifice of their non-commissioned officers who are guided by principles that can be found in the Creed of the Noncommissioned Officer . The following pages will discuss the origins of the creed as well as its importance in continuing the tradition of producing quality NCOs

Background

The need for great leadership needs no elaborate explanation . Any organization , big or small would love to have competent leaders on board . But when it comes to a world-class organization , one that can potentially change the course of history the need for great leaders becomes a need that could never be taken for granted . Thus , before going straight into the discussion about the origins of the NCO Creed and what it means to the U .S . Arm it is important to first have an overview of the U .S Armed Forces and be enlightened why competent men and women need to continually apply and work there

As mentioned earlier , the United States is the most powerful nation in the world . It is alright to say that this observation can be attributed to the economic strength of the country . A casual overview of the products and services that comes out from America will provide a good explanation for this opinion and these are : Microsoft , Coca-Cola McDonalds , Ford , Hewlett-Packard , Caterpillar Heavy Machineries etc . But this fact may only be appreciated among industrialized nations , for the rest of the world there is one language that needed no explanation and it is military power . In this aspect the United States is second to . According to Barbier , Over the years it has evolved into a modern fighting force unequalled in the world today (2005 . The relatively recent wars in the Gulf , Afghanistan , and Iraq will easily underscore this view

Preble was able to capture the intangible about U .S . military superiority when he pointed out that it is , .the American military 's remarkable capacity for long-range power projection (2004 . But a simpler and brutally honest assessment came from Fandel who said that The U .S . is a large and wealthy country that spends a lot of money training and equipping its armed forces . the country also spends a lot of money on development of technology (2004 . Fandel...