Sergeant Major

The United States Armed Forces has different codes of conduct, multiple creeds, values, and ethical codes that are critical to mission accomplishment. Researchers stated that army civilians have the potential and confidence to conduct future as well as existing mission with honesty and integrity (Code of Ethics, 2011). Also, the code of ethics provides guidance for making ethical decision in order to conduct a work in a professional environment. Noncommissioned Officers Ethics All…

The United States Army Soldiers and officers have significant responsibilities to keep the service members fed throughout the missions. This article underlines the important role and history of the Army 922A Warrant Officer Food Service Technician. This article will explain the job description, duties, responsibilities, and requirements, along with any other valuable information about the food service technician. HISTORY The Office of The Quartermaster General organized a Food Service Program…

What my husband's advancement to Chief Petty Officer means to me? The answer of that question could be 10 pages long or I could just resume what I feel in one word, "extremely proud", well I guess two words. I met Christian 16 years ago, he was full of energy, funny, and he had the ability to turn any sad or bad situation into a joke making everybody laugh; that is what make me fell in love with him. On the other hand, he was a little immature, unfocused when it comes to work, and nothing seemed…

Uniform Inspection Requirements Before Inspection Platoon Leader and Platoon Sergeant: Already be in uniform with everything already prepared Watch and correct anything that needs to be in the squads Stay on time, (one watches squads while the other watches time?) Squad Leaders and Team Leaders: Already be in uniform with everything already prepared Help cadets with their uniform(make sure they have their names on stickers, on the item) Measurements Missing items(chain of command) Teaching them…

Alpha Company (A Co), 2nd Military Intelligence Batallion (MI BN), he as the Headquarters Platoon Sergeant, and I as the Orderly Room Non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC). This paper will explore the Legacy of SFC Garner and how his leadership style impacted the Organization as a whole and what residual effects it had on the Soldiers and NCOs of the 2nd MI BN. It will break down the three major areas of developing a leader and how SFC Garner used these tenets to leave a lasting impression…

Unified land operation is the Army operating concept which is executed through decisive actions and guided by mission command. The Army’s framework for exercising mission command is operations process (plan, prepare, execute, and assess). Embedded by the philosophy and principles of mission command, the commander, supported by his staff, drives the operation process to execute conceptual planning or detailed planning necessary for him to understand, visualize, describe, direct, lead, and…

Warrant Officer Corps is one of the most prestige technical career field in the United States Armed Forces. Warrant officers are highly skilled, military occupational specialty (MOS) officers. The selection into the Warrant Officer Corps is completed through an application process where only the best of the best are chosen. As a Senior Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Army, I (SFC Bivins) felt I was full qualified; therefore, I submitted an application and was accepted based on my…

The term mission command probably draws immediate blank stares from many noncommissioned officers. The phrase alone lends itself to falling under the umbrella of commanders, strictly officer business, not in the wheelhouse of sergeants. Mission command is the next generation of Command and Control. Command and Control utilized trickle down leadership, propelled downward through the chain of command from the commander to the lowest level. Mission Command involves all leaders, not just the…

Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan. The Major and SMS were making their rounds to the respective bases where their candidates were located. In all cases, the candidates nor their own command knew that they were even being considered and they were going to be interviewed. They were crisscrossing the United States, then Europe didn’t find anyone candidate to their liking or any that were willing to commit. There next stop was Afghanistan where they had three potential candidates all…

At times we find ourselves in situations we could never envision being in, I know For me this was at no time more of the case than when I deployed to Afghanistan in 2013. To better illustrate, I found myself in a platoon amongst a variety of individuals from varying places in America with an array of backgrounds. I personally was just a year removed from living at home with my parents when I enlisted into the Army to work with communications. Perhaps I was delusional, thinking war would not be a…