NATO NCO Strategy and Recommended NCO Guidelines.

Adm Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Gen Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation sign a NATO Non-Commissioned Officer Strategy and Recommended NCO Guidelines

Leaders,

* This document creates synergy among the diverse NCO Corps within NATO Alliance and partner nations. We have more in common than differences. NATO military operations require a solid network of Senior Enlisted Leaders communicating with each other to accomplish the mission, share ideas, learn lessons from each other, and much more.

* This document serves as an impetus to establish NCO education that is complimentary to national programs where required. NATO school,  in Oberammergau, Germany, has established NCO education and is pursuing a course for Command Senior Enlisted Leaders serving at the highest levels of the military structure.

* This document serves as an impetus to establish Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSELs) where the NATO Command Structure (NCS) is required. Our Joint Forces Command should consider adopting changes to Peacetime Establishment (PE) and Crisis Establishment (CE) positions (NATO TDA) where needed to further the capability of the NATO Alliance.

* This document serves as an impetus that empowers CSELs to lead NCO professional Development. NCOs are developed by setting a standard, giving them a mission, and holding them accountable. With that said, there is an inherent responsibility to ensure the non-commissioned officer is trained, educated, and developed in a professional manner. No different than ensuring we have a professional officer corps. NCOs need the tools to do the job we are asking them to do.

* ACT, ACO, JFC CSELs will need to strategically communicate the purpose, scope, and expected outcomes of this document within the NATO Command Structure, NATO Force Structure, and partner nations of the Alliance.

* When required this document may be referred to with setting expectations about the qualities required of ORs in the international environment. This Bi-SC will have a significant impact upon the NATO Alliance for many years to come. This document demonstrates the confidence General Abrial and Admiral Stavridis have in our Non-Commissioned Officer Corps.

My hats off to all that had a role in the development of this NATO NCO Strategy.