Approach Quote by Glen E. Morrell

I think, generally, the NCOs and officers in a platoon or company want to take care of their soldiers, and they understand it doesn't…

— Mark Esper

“Being a Non-Commissioned officer (NCO) or Petty Officer (PO) is a commitment and a lifestyle that shouldn't ever be taken lightly as you are…

— Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

The goal of the corps of NCOs, whose duty is the day-to-day business of running the Army so that the officer corps has time…

— William G. Bainbridge

We want the Army to be society's model of fair treatment. We want to assure that all soldiers are treated fairly, not because it…

— Silas L. Copeland

It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.

— William A. Connelly

“But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of superior officers.…

— Orson Scott Card

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

— John A. Lejeune

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in…

— Stonewall Jackson

The military mind has one aim, and that is to make soldiers react as mechanically as possible. They want the same predictability in a…

— Marlon Brando

In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time…

— Edmund Burke

If you ask a soldier what is the key to this confidence, they will likely answer their discipline and their training.

— Nicholas Soames

“The role of the officer, in my experience, is nothing grander than to stand sentinel over himself and his men, towards the end of…

— Steven Pressfield