Is today's Army an officer's Army?

I served from 1976 till 1998, Some amazing units. Some poor units. I never felt that any Officer ever stepped over my authorized duties. Not power , duty. I served with some of the finest officers ever . What is your problem with " Power " ?

How can it be an officers army when officers are the smallest group in the army ?

My daughter (now a major) went from enlisted to officer. The first thing she did at her new post was to find the oldest sergeant on post and make friends. This was vital to her success since she was in command of the unit (National Guard) as a 2Lt.

I am a retired SFC of the Army and Maryland army national guard from Desert storm to Enduring freedom.
Officers by rank are ultimately in charge of the military in its self planning today and tomorrow’s path!
NCO train all who serve and advise those same officer by there sheer time in grade as subject matter experts.
Enlisted execute that plan with the training there given by NCO they one day want to replace!
It is a symbiotic relationship if everyone knows their role
OFFICERS PLAN
NCO IMPLEMENT THATS PLAN
ENLISTED SOLIDER EXCUTE SAID PLAN
Whooaaa

Sergeants are officers, just not commissioned. And I think that's pretty cool.

While it is true that officers command. Most successful officers were TRAINED and guided and nurtured by a PLATOON SGT. Who made suggestions, and basically kept that young 2nd LT out of trouble.

The officers decide what to do. The NCOs see that it gets done.

Well let's just say I pulled a Plugger out of the hands of a butter bar because he had us doing circles at NTC for 3 hours......That was as a Specialist . If I was a Corporal I would have wrote him a counseling statement.....lol

I hate to break it to you but NCOs run the army and always have. Officers command and NCOs lead, mentor and develop Soldiers. At the old 7th NCOA in Germany, we were told that the army could run without officers but that officers could not run the army without NCOs. It is what it is.

In many ways the officers have less power than they've ever had historically.

NCO's don't have the same unchecked **delegated** authority they may have had in the days of the draft and for about 20 years after, but the structure of the Army is such that only Commanders have authority. Everyone else has the authority delegated to them by the Commander.