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HISTORY OF NCO CREED

In the United States, the non-commissioned officer's creed, shortened to NCO creed, is a tool used to educate and remind enlisted leaders of their responsibilities and authority, and serves as a Code of conduct. Each branch has their own version, and many have been altered over the years.

The idea behind developing a creed was to give noncommissioned officers a "yardstick by which to Click to edit Master subtitle style measure themselves. There was an oath of enlistment for incoming enlistees and an oath of commissioning for the officers, yet the noncommissioned officer had nothing that recognized their induction into the NCO Corps.
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In 1973, the United States Army was in turmoil as a result of the Vietnam War drawing to an end.[1] One of the conceived solutions was the " Modern Volunteer Army", which included the Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course. Many sergeants were trained only to perform one Click to edit Master subtitle style specific job, for example, squad leaders in infantry units, and were no longer uniformly regarded as the well-rounded professionals of previous generations.[1] The overhaul of the NCO corps involved rewriting Field Manual 22-100: Leadership which is known as FM 6-22 now.
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When first written, the Creed began, "No man is more professional than I...." At the time the Creed was developed, the Women's Army Corps (WAC) had not been integrated into the Army. Much later, at a senior NCO conference, several female Command Sergeants Major objected to the masculine wording of the Creed. As a result, Click to edit using subtitle style the Army began Master the non-gender specific version we know today.

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One of the organizations dedicated to rebuilding the NCO corps was the NCO Subcommittee of the Command and Leadership Committee in the Leadership Department at the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. During a brainstorming session, SFC Earle Brigham was credited with writing on a sheet of paper the three letters "N C O",[1] and the committee began building a creed, a Click to edit Master subtitle style "yardstick by which to measure themselves." When it was ultimately approved, the NCO Creed was printed on the inside cover of the special texts issued to students, beginning in 1974. Though the NCO Creed was submitted higher for approval and distribution Army-wide, it was not 4/16/12 formalized by an official army publication until 11

Though re-written many different ways, the Creed still today begins its paragraphs with those three letters, N C O. It continues to guide and reinforce the values of the new generation of noncommissioned officers. At the time of its development, the sergeants of the NCO Subcommittee were unaware of the impact the Creed would have in the coming years. Click to edit the goal of providing a tool for However, Master subtitle style measuring the competencies of a noncommissioned officer was achieved, and is forever a part of our history.

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