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Originally Posted by vienna
Well put...
Just think of how many times you've heard of a freshly minted Lt. being paied up with a seasoned, knoeledgeable platoon Sgt.; thers's a reason the military does this: a college degree and OCS do not even begin compare to the experience, command skills, and battle knowledge of a good NCO. Many an officer butt has been saved by a "mere" noncom...
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On the other hand I've personally known more than one senior NCO that had his cookies pulled out of the fire by a young but on the ball 2LT who was smart enough to know that getting drunk and missing a troop movement could easily ruin said NCO's career on the cusp of his retirement.
There's a reason that NCO's, for all their experience, command skills, and battle knowledge are not put in actual charge of the platoon.