“Today we gather to honor and induct new members into the prestigious ranks of the NCO Corps – a corps famously known as the ...

Army Directive 2016-19 (Retaining a Quality Noncommissioned Officer Corps) includes changes the Bar to the Continued Service Program, the NCO Career Status Program, and Retention Control Point System.

As a noncommissioned officer, I realize that I am a member of a time honored corps, which is known as "The Backbone of the Army". I am proud of the Corps of noncommissioned officers and will at ...

About 70 soldiers from the 7th Army Training Command’s NCO academy and their German army ... Sasebo Naval Base and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the news organization.