Non-commissioned officers in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are officers who do not have a commission. Common NCOs are corporals and sergeants. Some NCOs lead missions, but training NCOs focus on training military personnel in advance of missions. To do this, they c...
These officers rise up through the enlisted ranks, generally with years of experience to their names before they reach positions of nominal power. Both corporals and sergeants are often NCOs in many militaries, and depending on how a military is organized, warrant and petty officers may be ...
No, we were both NCOs and fiercely proud of it, although I expounded a bit on how sometimes certain people in certain skills have an invisible, much higher rank than their actual pay grade. The example I gave was that of a CID NCO, and of my own, when I was doing the regular ...