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NEWS AND ISSUES Army finishes assessment of NCO Corps’ well-being Washington, D.C. (Army News NCOs are strongly committed to the General Shinseki chartered the Service)--The Army Training and nation and the Army. They believe as ATLDP in June 2000. The panel Leader Development Panel’s (ATLDP) strongly as those who served before convened at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Phase II (NCO Study) report is now them in service to the nation and the The Army Chief of Staff instructed the complete. The study, which follows Army. Today’s NCOs have a strong panel to examine issues affecting Phase I (Officer Study), is the largest service ethic, take pride in the Army training and leader development, and self-assessment study ever done by and what they do, and are steadfast in empowered the panel to examine the Army. It focuses on training and accomplishing the mission. Addition- appropriate institutions, processes, leader development requirements for ally, NCOs believe that the Army, tools, and the environment. The NCOs. while continuing to develop highly purpose was to ensure soldiers, “People are the professional noncommissioned leaders, and units are capable of engines of our officers, must assure the well-being of successfully operating throughout the capabilities and are NCOs and their families if it is to full spectrum of operations and the the most continue to attract and retain high contemporary operational environment. important quality leaders. The panel completed Phase I elements of Recommendations in the study’s (Officer Study) in May 2001. The Army Transfor- action plan require decisions by Army instituted a management mation,” said Army senior leaders, setting of process under the proponency of the GEN Eric K. priorities, and allocation Army G3 to determine the feasibility, Shinseki, Chief of Staff of resources. The suitability, and acceptability of the of the Army. “We need Army recommendations. The Army inte- the input of key grated the recommendations into its constituent groups to help Transformation Campaign Plan and chart the proper path to trans- has implemented a number forming this Army and ATLDP of the recommenda- gives us that input.” tions and devel- More than 30,000 active and reserve oped actions, component officers, warrant officers, decisions and noncommissioned officers, enlisted resources soldiers, and spouses provided input must reevaluate the required to to the study through surveys, way it trains and look implement the participation in focus groups, or for ways to balance require- others. personal interviews. ments and available training time The ATLDP The panel found the study was an with competing demands, while continues its assessment to determine how the providing predictability and reducing mission by examining the Warrant Army could make a professional NCO personnel turbulence across the force. Officer Corps (Phase III) and Depart- Corps even better. The study found The recommendations are linked to six ment of the Army Civilians (Phase IV). that NCOs understand Army Transfor- of the imperatives established in the The panel will conclude its mission by mation and the role the Army and the ATLDP Phase I (Officer Study). developing a final report on training nation expects them to accomplish. They are in the areas of: Army and leader development for the Army They believe the Army must re- culture, NCO Education System that enables battlefield and opera- capitalize and modernize the training (NCOES), training, systems approach tional success and develops our and leader development tools to to training, training and leader operational commanders and leaders enable them to continue being the development model, and lifelong to meet the demands of our National backbone of the Army. learning. Military Strategy. THE NCO JOURNAL/SUMMER 2002 1 NEWS AND ISSUES TRADOC begins to implement suggestions from NCO Professional Development survey By Jim Caldwell FORT MONROE, Va. (Army News identify what we need to focus on to “We recognize that there’s a gap Service, May 2, 2002) — The enable our noncommissioned officers between advanced noncommissioned Training and Doctrine Command is to do their job.” officer course and the Sergeants Major working to update and publish Redmond said that in some courses Course where there are no formal soldiers’ manuals, mission training trainers have had to use “in-lieu-of courses,” Redmond said. There are two plans and other training resources, equipment” for hands-on training. functional courses — First Sergeants according to a TRADOC official. “Sometimes that in-lieu-of equip- Course and Battle Staff NCO Course,” The lack of such training packages ment is not current, so we might be the colonel said. “Not everybody is was cited in the NCO Army Training training on a piece of equipment that’s happy about filling that gap with and Leader Development Panel study not what’s out there on the ground,” another educational course, but if an released May 2 as one of the reasons he said. NCO is promoted to sergeant first class NCOs find it difficult to train their Redmond said TRADOC is also at the 12th year of his career, that’s an soldiers to standard. working to update NCO Education average of eight years between that “In this study, as well as the System professional military education grade and being sent to the sergeant officers’ study, we found that some of courses to produce adaptable NCO major course. That’s a big gap; we’ve our training enablers aren’t as good as leaders and to ensure sergeants get the got to look at how best to provide they should be,” said Col. Dennis right training when they need it. education within that void.” Redmond, director of individual “We took an exhaustive look at Technology will make instruction training under TRADOC’s deputy common core curriculums for NCOES more exciting for soldiers, and it will chief of staff for Operations and and found that some of these tasks replace lectures and slides. Training. Redmond is responsible for continue to migrate downward,” he “In the civilian world, schools that implementing coordinated TRADOC said. “There are a lot of tasks that are use innovation through technology initiatives in response to all of ATLDP being taught at, say, sergeant first find that students retain and increase studies. class level in Advanced NCO Courses their knowledge base rapidly,” “We haven’t been able to focus on that should be rolled down to the staff Redmond said. “We’ve got to them as we have been a very busy sergeant in the Basic Noncommis- leverage advanced distributed Army and, too, there has not been a sioned Officer Course. learning as it can provide great access lot of money to spread around to “We’ve started to work on a vertical and opportunity for both the active every facet of training and training needs assessment to determine and reserve components. Increased support,” Redmond said. “The chief exactly what tasks belong to and need use of simulations and simulators in of staff of the Army (Gen. Eric K. to be taught in each noncommis- curriculums will provide more exciting Shinseki) is committed to help fix sioned officer rank and educational instruction (compared to lecture and these problems. That’s why he has level.” slide method). embarked on the very comprehensive The final course in NCOES is the “We’ve already moved out on it, introspective look at our Army to Sergeants Major Course. but it’s going to get even better.” USASMA graduates Sergeants Major Class 52 Five hundred and twenty-one senior NCOs from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Editor’s Note Coast Guard and allied nations formally ended their studies at the United States The NCO Journal publishes the Army Sergeants Major Academy during the Class 52 graduation ceremony at most pertinent News and the El Paso Convention and performing Arts Center May 30. Issues sent to us within the first Special guests at the ceremony included the first USASMA command several pages of each issue. sergeant major and third Sergeant Major of the Army, SMA (Ret.) William G. Email your news and issues for Bainbridge, SMA Jack Tilley, and Army Undersecretary Les Brownlee, the consideration to atss-sj- ceremony’s guest speaker. [email protected]. Graduates completed nine months of higher education at USASMA, studying leadership, resource management, and military operations. Graduation is manda- tory for promotion to sergeant major or command sergeant major in the Army. 2 THE NCO JOURNAL/SUMMER 2002 NOTABLE NCOs NCO Journal honors fourth SMA; Van Autreve ‘member of greatest generation’ By Master Sgt. David Schad WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 15, 2002) noncommissioned officer corps — the finest in the world.” — Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve, 82, Noting his World War II service in North Africa, Sicily died March 14 at his home in San Antonio, Texas, following and Normandy, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki called Van Autreve a a brief illness. member of The Greatest Generation and said his service A veteran of World War II and the Vietnam War, Van made a direct contribution to the status and privilege our Autreve served as the fourth sergeant major of the Army nation and our Army enjoys today. from July 1973 until his retirement in June 1975. “The Army lost a true friend, a great soldier, and a As sergeant major of the Army, Van Autreve served as magnificent noncommissioned officer,” Shinseki said. “He the Army chief of staff’s personal adviser on all enlisted- was a soldier’s soldier who had the strongest sense of duty related matters impacting soldier training and quality of life. to something greater than a sense of self — the notion of Sergeants major of the Army typically spend the majority of duty to country as the most honorable of endeavors.” their time traveling throughout the Army and sit on a Sgt.

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