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The Year of the Noncommissioned Officer, revisited

The Year of the NCO - 1989, the first Year of the NCO, was announced by Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh by memorandum entitled, The 1989 Army Theme: The NCO. Now for the second time in 20-years, the Army will again highlight the significance of its professional enlisted force, the noncommissioned officer

Links and a Special Report- Important links

Contemporary Year of the NCO Links (2009):

Army Secretary Announces 2009 Will Be ‘Year of NCO’ American Forces Press Service
Chief says NCO corps glue holding Army together. ARNews
Official 2009 Year of the NCO website OSMA
NCOHistory.com 2009 Year of the NCO Page Including Army major areas of emphasis and the four strategies for the 2009 Year of the NCO.
2009 Year of the NCO Senior Leader message

Historical Year of the NCO Links (1989):

Chronology - our listing of events that are related to or resulted from the 1989 Year of the NCO.
Detailed Historical Reports - A comprehensive listing of events relating to 1989, The Year of the NCO I.
The NCO: Backbone of the Army - Bibliography prepared by the Pentagon Library in honor of the Year of the NCO, May 1989.
NCO to NCO - CSM Harry Hicks, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, reflects on the 1989 Year of the NCO theme. Air Defense Magazine, Jan-Feb 89.
Quartermaster, Standards Bearers, CSM Milton B. Hazzard, Quartermaster Professional Bulletin, (Winter 89)
Action Plan: The Noncommissioned Officer Leader Development Task Force of 1989 - The Action Plan prepared by the NCO Leader Development Task Force in June 1989, the first Year of the NCO. (80 pages)
Executive Summary Only - The Action Plan prepared by the NCO Leader Development Task Force in June 1989, the first Year of the NCO. (3 pages)
1989 Year of he NCO memorandum announcing the theme and signed by SA, CofS and SMA.
1989 Year of the NCO Poster prepared by AUSA
Army Times article announcing 1989 as the Year of the NCO.

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Call for Papers - NCO Writing contest

2nd annual NCOHistory.com Writing Contest [Submit a Paper]
Co-sponsored by the Army Historical Foundation

The first Year of the Noncommissioned Officer brought about a number of sweeping changes to the professionalism of the modern noncommissioned officer corps, many of which were not realized until the years beyond the designated Year of the NCO. We want your help in identifying some of those changes, while we further the availability of writings on the history of Noncommissioned Officers

The Center for Advanced Studies of the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer is now seeking papers, articles and research material on this historical event. We will post and highlight some of the materials from that era in an effort to provide some of the hard-to-find documents relating to the first Year of the NCO. We have designates a special area to this topic throughout the 2nd Year of the NCO through December 2009.

So, get out your papers and start researching and get to writing. Submit a Paper here

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