History of the Non-Commissioned Officer

Abstract

The history of the United States Army and the Non-commissioned Officer Corps began in 1775. Americans took a blend of the French, British and Persian armies and turned it into a unique American institution and created the rank of Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO). Over the years, the political system was disbanded from the ruling body and social attitudes removed the non-commissioned officer from his European counterparts and created a truly American Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. Inspector General Friedrich Vonstueben of Valley Forge, in his Regulation for Order and discipline of Troops of the United States, also known as The Blue Book standardized the duties and responsibilities of the NCO during the American Revolution. This book was the beginning of Technical Manuals(TMs), Regulations, Field Manuals (FMs), etc... This served as the primary regulation for the thirty years for the United States Army. These duties were put in place for the Sergeant Major, Quartermaster Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeants and Corporals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
AD1117457

Entities

People

  • Willard V. Jr Eley

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Power
  • American Revolution
  • Congress
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Machine Guns
  • Materials
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Protective Masks
  • Regulations
  • Revolutions
  • Second World War
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.