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15 Cards in this Set
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How many SMA have there been!?
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13
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Name the five most recent Sergeant Majors of the Army!
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SMA Preston, Tilley, Hall, McKinney and Kidd!
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Who was the first Sergeant Major of the Army!?
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SMA Willion O. Wooldridge
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What year was the Sergeant Major of the Army established!
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1966
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The history of the Non Commisioned Offecer began in hwat year with the birth of the Continental Army!?
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1775
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Who wrote the "Regulations of the Order and DIscipline of the Troops of the United States", also called the "Blue Book", in 1778!
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Friedrich Von Steuben
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Three NCOs received special recognition for acts of heroism during the American Revolution! The received the original Medal of Honor introduced in the Civil War! What were there names!?
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Sergeant Churchill
Sergeant Brown Sergeant Bissel |
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During what year did the War department make the first reference o noncommissioned officer chevrons!?
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1821
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What publication published in 1829 provided instructions for training of noncommissioned officers!?
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The Abstract of Infantry Tactics!
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The 417 page unnoffical publication called the noncommissioned officers manual was published in what year!?
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1909
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During what year did the symbol of NCO rand, the chevron, rotate to what we would today call point up and become smaller in size!?
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1902
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During the period of World War 1, first Sergeants had a book written about every person and every event in that company written in it! What was this booked called!?
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A black book!
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During what year did the AR 350-90 establish army-wide standards for NCO Academies!?
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1957
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In 1958 the Army added two grades to the NCO ranks, these pay grades would "provide for a better delineation of responsiblitites in the enlisted structure"! What were the two new Pay Grades!?
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E8 and E9
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During what year did PLDC first become a mandatory prerequisite fro promotion to Staff Sergeant!?
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1986
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