The Pen and the Sword: The New Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System-NCO 2020

摘要

The Army faces a future of diminishing resources, agile adversaries, and constantly changing OEs. Rapidly evolving technology will affect perceptions and decisions at an increasing rate and level of complexity. The Army's NCO corps must be up to the challenge of the geopolitical world envisioned in 2020. Leaders must be instilled with the ability to effectively consider the complexities, think effectively, and adapt beyond preconceived conclusions. To develop NCOs to this higher level of cognition, the Army must transform its current NCOES to a newly revised NCO professional development system: NCO 2020.