08-30-2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PorFin
an NCO -- who usually have better walking about sense than young LT's.
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Totally agree, career NCO's are the grease that keep the military operating - they are the holders of the "corporate memory". The military could do without several levels of officer as long as they have a good core of NCO's to make things happen.
Clint Eastwood dramatized this very well, if a little predictably, in "Heartbreak Ridge".
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