Modern Volunteer Army Code for Noncommissioned Officer...

In 1973, the United States Army was in turmoil as a result of the Vietnam War drawing to an end.[1] One of the conceived solutions was the Modern Volunteer Army, which included the Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course. Many sergeants were trained only to perform one specific job, for example, squad leaders in infantry units, and were no longer uniformly regarded as the well-rounded professionals of previous generations.[1] The overhaul of the NCO corps involved rewriting Field Manual 22-100: Leadership. One of the organizations dedicated to rebuilding the NCO corps was the NCO Subcommittee of the Command and Leadership Committee in the Leadership Department at the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. Besides training†¦show more content†¦I will commend the deserving and encourage the wayward. I will never | | | |forget that I am responsible to my Commanding Officer for the morale, discipline, and efficiency of my Marines. | | | |Their performance will reflect an image of me.[5][6] | | SNCO creed [edit] Because the Marine Corps emphasizes the additional responsibility upon Staff Noncommissioned Officers, they have their own creed:[7] |â€Å" |I am a Staff Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Marine Corps. As such, I am a member of the most |† | | |unique group of professional military practitioners in the world. I am bound by duty to God, Country, and my | | | |fellow Marines to execute the demands of my position to and beyond what I believe to be the limits of my | | | |capabilities. | | | |I realize I am the mainstay of Marine Corps discipline, and I carry myself with military grace, unbowed by the | | | |weight of command, unflinching in the execution lawful orders, and unswerving in my dedication to the most | | | |complete success of my assigned mission.