NCO History Articles and Vignettes

• The Evolution of Ethics as a Course of Instruction Within the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, CH (MAJ) Mark R. Johnston, United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, Dec 2008
• Year of the NCO: Retired NCOs Remember , Pentagram, Feb 6, 2008
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WEEKLY BLOGGERS ROUNDTABLE WITH COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR MARVIN HILL, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE IRAQ June 15, 2007
• Ground-breaking senior NCO shares her experiences - The first female command sergeant major of a sub-unified combatant command.
• NCO Creed's Value Grows with Strains of War - variation on the history of the NCO Creed by one of its authors. The Signal, Ft Gordon
• Selection For Leadership: Transforming NCO Promotion - The objective of the "Maximizing 21st Century Non-Commissioned Officer Performance" (NCO21) research project was to improve 21st century NCO performance by providing the capability to identify and promote highly qualified soldiers with exceptional leadership potential.
• Logistician Command Sergeants Major Perspectives and the Global War on Terrorism from the History office of the Army Materiel Command
• Selecting the Best for Our Army’s Future COL Chuck Allen, Director, Leader Development U.S. Army War College, writes of his experiences while serving as a member of a 2007 Senior Enlisted Promotion Panel member.
• 50-year Anniversary of the 1958 Military Pay Bill Links relating to the 50-year anniversary.
• In Praise of the Noncoms Robert D. Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct 05
• History of Insignia of Grade, Enlisted Personnel (TIOH)
• Short History of the NCO (NCO Museum, L.R. Arms)
• About Chevrons (James Price)
• Fear and loathing in the barracks: (synopsis  relating to interviews of hundreds of senior NCOs) (Ingraham, Parameters)
• Care and Cleaning of NCOs Colonel John M. Collins produced The Care and Cleaning of NCOs when he was a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1966-67
• The Diamond (Dr Robert Bouilly)
• NCO Chevrons - 1907
• Enlisted Civil War Uniforms 
• Military Collections (USMHI) Some available online
• History of the Purple Heart (MOPH)
• L759, History of the Noncommissioned Officer, (USASMA) bibliography
• The Army's Command Sergeant Major Problem (Parameters, June 1988. pp. 9-17) Bahnsen, John C., and James W. Bradin
• First Sergeant Duty Infantry Magazine, Sept-Dec, 2000 by Master Sergeant Bertram F. Vaughan
• Civil War added to NCO Roles NCO Journal
• The Role of the NCO in Military Intelligence MI Journal
• U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy: The Founding Army Jan 05 Alt Site
• Command Sergeant Major Dennis Webster Command Sergeant Major, III Corps And Ft Hood United States Army Before The Readiness And Management Support Subcommittee Senate Armed Services Committee United States Senate 21 March 2001 On Infrastructure Readiness
• A Generation of Chevrons, A history of the Enlisted Force, Janet R. Bednarek, US Airforce History and Museums Program

NCO History Articles & Vignettes by CSM Dan Elder

• Remarkable Sergeants: 10 Vignettes of Noteworthy NCOs (Dan Elder)
• Short History of the Specialist Rank (Dan Elder)
• Origins of the NCO Creed (NCO Journal, Dan Elder and Felix Sanchez)
• Educating Noncommissioned Officers: The history (Dan Elder)
• History of the Sergeant Major (Dan Elder)
• Office of the Sergeant Major of the Army (Dan Elder)
• Army Core Values throughout NCO history (Dan Elder)
• NCO Induction Ceremony (Dan Elder) Includes history of Inductions

Online Studies and Reports

• Historical NCO Reports - our listing of historical reports on enlisted soldiers and noncommissioned officers.
• Noncommissioned Officer Development and Education: Two Hundred Years of U.S. Army Experience

• Final report from the First Annual Senior Enlisted Advisors Forum, hosted by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in June 2000

• Common Enlisted Soldiers' Tasks: A "Muddy Boots" Data Base for Revising Multiple Army Skill-Level Courses

• Transformation of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System: Leveraging Education to Improve Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development, Wilson, Kevin J, 13 Mar 2006, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

• Evaluation And Refinement Of A Screening Instrument For U.S. Army Recruiters: Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Skills Inventory, Personnel Decisions Research Inst Inc Tampa Fl, March 01, 2006  

•  Planning For The Future: Progress Toward An NCO Competency Assessment Program, Human Resources Research Organization Alexandria Va, November 01, 2005  

• Concurrent Validation Of The NLSI For U.S. Army Drill Sergeants, Personnel Decisions Research Inst Inc Tampa Fl November 01, 2005  

• Validation Of Measures Designed To Maximize 21st-Century Army Nco Performance, Human Resources Research Organization Alexandria Va

• African American World War II Noncommissioned Officer's Service Club Complex, Engineer Research And Development Center Champaign Il Construction Engineering Research Lab

• Recommendations For An Army NCO Semi-Centralized Promotion System For The 21st Century, Human Resources Research Organization Alexandria Va

• Impact Of The Army Continuing Education System (ACES) On Soldier Retention And Performance: Data Analyses, Human Resources Research Organization Alexandria Va  

• Selection For Leadership: Transforming NCO Promotion, Army Research Inst For The Behavioral And Social Sciences Alexandria Va

• Personnel Evaluation: Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reporting System, Department Of The Army Washington Dc

• Transforming The Officer Evaluation System: Using A 360-Degree Feedback Model, Army War Coll Carlisle Barracks Pa

• Creating A New Path For Joint Education, National Defense Univ Washington Dc Center For Counterproliferation Research

• Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Study (NCOPDS). Volume I, Army Chief Of Staff Washington DC Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Study Group

• Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Study (NCOPDS). Volume Ii, Army Chief Of Staff Washington DC Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Study Group

• Senior Enlisted Personnel: Do We Need Another Grade? Center For Naval Analyses Alexandria VA, Dec 2001

• Preparing The Noncommissioned Officer Corps For The 21st Century, Army War Coll Carlisle Barrack

• Future Leader Development Of Army Noncommissioned Officers: Workshop Results, Rand Arroyo Center Santa Monica Ca

• Leadership And Command On The Battlefield. Noncommissioned Officer Corps. Desert Storm. Just Cause, Army Training And Doctrine Command Fort Monroe Va

• The Sociology Of The Army Noncommissioned Officer: A Preliminary Assessment,

• Statement And Status Report Of The Congressional Commission On Military Training And Gender-Related Issues, Commission On Military Training And Gender-Related Issues

• Leadership For The 1970's. Senior NCO Leadership, Monograph #4 Army War Coll Carlisle Barracks Pa Mar 1974

• Noncommissioned Officer Education And Professional Development Study, Continental Army Command Fort Monroe Va, 1971

Periodicals/Magazines/Books:

• The Chevron, The NCO Museum Association:
  • Winter 98, v2I1
  • Spring 98, V2I2
• Military History (The HistoryNet)
• Military Images (Photographic History of the U.S. Soldier & Sailor in the 19th century)
• Journal of Military History (JSTOR)
• The Noncommissioned Officer Corps "Quotes for Winners" (IMSC)
  • The NCO Corps on Leadership, the Army and America
  • The NCO Corps on Training, Cohesion, and Combat
  • Officer/NCO Relationship
• The Sergeants Major of the Army: On Leadership and The Profession of Arms (IMSC)
• Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas W. Higgenson, Originally published 1869
• The Army of the Cumberland, Henry M. Cist,
• A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865 by T. Hughes 1904
• The Confederate Soldier's Pocket Manual of Devotions, C. T. Quintard (Charles Todd),1863
• Dyer's Compendium of Civil War Units, 1908
• Soldier's Handbook, 1884
• Soldier's Handbook, 1908

Regulations and FMs (Current and Past)

• Army Regulation 600-20 page - by NCOHistory.com
• The Army Noncommissioned Officers Guide, FM 7-22.7
• REVISED REGULATIONS  for the ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1861
• Regulations For The Army Of The United States. 1857. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857. XXVI. 457. 21 Page Appendix (Articles of War).
• The Pentagon Library directory of select current and rescinded Army Regulations Includes Pre-Vietnam era regulations
• Combat Instructions of the American Expeditionary Forces, Sep 1918

• Brig.-Gen. Silas Casey (1862), U.S. Infantry Tactics, For The Instruction,

• Exercise, And Manoeuvres Of The Soldier, A Company, Line Of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, or Corps d'Armee. 1862

• General Regulations, or Military Institutes, 1821

• General Regulations 1861, Revised 1863
• Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Field Artillery of the Army of the United States, Volume I, 1917, by War Department
• Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Field Artillery of the Army of the United States, Volume II, 1917, by War Department

News Releases

• Combatant Command Senior Enlisted's Gather at First Conference June, 2005
• New Course Prepares NCOs for Joint Ops in Southwest Asia
• Pace Selects Army Tanker as First JCS Senior Enlisted Adviser

Misc. Papers

• 28 April 2005 letter from Fleet Reserve Association to CJCS recommending establishing SEAC position