Posted on Oct 12, 2016
We've seen questions about Mustangs, ROTCs & Ring Knockers. Should NCOs be allowed to fill officers' command billets?
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I think that's why there is always a senior NCO close the Officers and especially the New and younger officers to head them in the right direction and help with command decisions...
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Sgt Wayne Wood
Yes! Always! But why not eliminate the middle man? With your background i'm certain you have the knowledge, experience, and motivation to pull it off!
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MAJ (Join to see)
There are two valid reasons for the current system, one is because it's a two man job, by having the NCO's only doing it there isn't a backup system when things go bad. a PSG has a very important role, if he is only doing what a LT does there isn't anyone readily available to fix the damage. Casualty Collection Points, Beans and Bullets, you'd have a logistical nightmare by "eliminating the middle man" because you don't eliminate the middle you eliminate the PSG. Secondly Officer development. You only get one lifetime, while you would get much better company commanders using experienced NCO's there isn't any time left in your career for Field Grade development. Even if it is hard to see from your perspective Major's run the Divisions and Brigades. The tactical battles companies fight are won or lost by the division and brigade operations. The army fights by logistics not tactics without junior officer positions those majors wouldn't have clue how to effectively support a company. A good company battle is a 3 vs 1 fight, bad BDE operations are a 1 vs 1 fight which no one wants to be in. My advice spend some time at Battalion or BDE staff when you hit senior E6 or junior E7. You'll hate it but you'll learn a lot.
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Personally, I don't see why not, but I think it'd have to be a case by case basis. I've worked directly for officers before and you do get a feel for how things run. Now I'm not going to toot my own horn and say I could easily replace my officers because I've had some pretty good officers. But if they were needed elsewhere, like any NCO, I'd take charge and carry out the plan of the day.
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