NCO training overhaul on the way

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Smarter NCOs
Army to educate sergeants more like officers


NCO training overhaul on the way
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Nov 2, 2008 13:08:17 EST

Sgt. Justin Reagan is a paratrooper with 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.

A year ago, he returned from 15 months in Iraq, where he performed the duties of a squad leader. In November, he will be promoted to staff sergeant before leaving for a second Iraq rotation.

Reagan has led troops in combat doing a job above his grade, yet he only recently completed the Army’s most basic leadership course for noncommissioned officers, the Warrior Leader Course, for which there is a 25,000-soldier backlog.

The NCOs above him, Reagan said, showed him the ropes.

“Ever since I came into the Army, my squad leaders and platoon sergeants have set me up for success,” he said.


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