In the words of one former Sergeant Major of the US Army, NCO work is hard - if it was easy, officers would be doing it. Here here!
"WHETHER IN New Orleans or Baghdad, at home or abroad, the real workhorses of our post-9/11 military have not come from among the generals and colonels, or even the captains and lieutenants, but from the enlisted ranks of sergeants and corporals." Article - Permalink to Article Text - Permalink
(Updated 25 Oct 05)