The Duty Of Non Commissioned Officer ( Nco ) - 1856 Words

Imagine after 15 long months over seas in Iraq where you had to make the hardest decisions anyone can make, you saw and done things that no one should have to see and or do but you made it home alive. Now you are living in the barracks on your military base back home, these are much like the dorms many college students live in. Then you realize that although this is â€Å"your† room and yes you are an â€Å"adult† that your Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) has the ability to not only control every task you complete while at work but he or she also has the ability to enter your room at almost any time he or she wants and for almost any reason they can think of. It is 2A.M. and your unit decided to do a barracks inspection, your NCO knocks on the†¦show more content†¦The next step of the process is the chain of command; Officers are at the top warrants in the middle and enlisted at the bottom. Offices come up with a mission and pass that order down to the Enlisted NCOs (E-5 through E-9) (Warrant Officers do not control soldiers they are a specialist on a specific job). That NCO then has one job and that is to complete the mission that is passed down from the officer to him or her. Now I need you to picture yourself as a leader of young men and women getting ready to bored a plane to head over seas to fight in the middle east, all your soldiers families ask you to bring their husband, wife, mom, dad, son or daughter home alive and safe, you look at these family members in the eyes and have no choice but to tell them you will do everything in your power to ensure all your guys come home safe and in one piece! Next thing you know you are in a war zone rounds are flying over your head and you are being penned down by superior enemy fire, your training kicks in and you start to order your soldiers to make a flanking maneuver to suppress the enemy with two way directional fire while preforming buddy rushes and over run the enemy. What happens if y our soldiers don’t listen, or don’t respect you enough to trust your plan to win this battle? As a NCO you have to have the respect of your soldiers while at the same time they must