Building Confidence in Soldiers through NCO Leadership

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how noncommissioned officer (NCO) leadership builds confidence in Soldiers. We will first look at the history of the NCO and discuss how the role of the NCO has changed throughout Army history. Competent and confident leaders produce confident Soldiers. The Warrior Ethos and Soldiers Creed are guidelines for NCOs and Soldiers to follow that reinforce the confidence established in initial entry training. NCOs can attribute their success in training by the Noncommissioned Officer Education System (NCOES) which gives leaders the opportunity to share information and experience that they can latter use to impact their Soldiers, unit, and missions. Confident NCOs create confident Soldiers.