The NCO Guide

Question 1

Which TC covers the NCO Guide?

Answer 1

TC 7-22.7

Question 2

Who is Baron von Steuben?

Answer 2

He was a Prussian military officer who instilled discipline and trained troops in the American revolution war. He laid the foundation for the NCO corp.

Question 3

What is the blue book?

Answer 3

It was a book of regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. It laid the the foundation for the army organization and was created by baron von Steuben. It also defined what an NCO’s duties and responsibilities were.

Question 4

What are the 6 NCO common competencies?

Answer 4

They are readiness, leadership, training management, communication, operations, and program management

Question 5

What is mission command?

Answer 5

Mission command is the command and powers that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation

Question 6

What is the leadership requirements model?

Answer 6

The leadership requirements model aligns expectations with a leaders activities and personnel management. It centers around BE,KNOW, and DO.

Question 7

What are the three leader attributes?

Answer 7

Character, presence, and Intellect

Question 8

What are the three leader competencies?

Answer 8

Leads,develops, and achieves

Question 9

What are the differences between the leaders attributes and competencies?

Answer 9

Competencies are skills that can be trained on and attributes encompass personal characteristics which are molded over time

Question 10

What is the difference between compliance and commitment?

Answer 10

Compliance is directed at a followers behavior, generally effective for short term and immediate results
Commitment is directed at a follower’s thinking, generally effective for long term and lasting change.

Question 11

What is positional power?

Answer 11

The authority one has from filling a spot or position.

Question 12

What is personal power?

Answer 12

The authority given by followers out of respect or admiration for the leader.

Question 13

What is BE, KNOW, DO?

Answer 13

It’s the army’s focus on an NCO.

1. Be physically fit, a role model, proficient
2. Know you’re self, your soldier, mission and capabilities
3. Do what is right, lead from the front, develop seniors, peers and subordinates

Question 14

What are the three levels of leadership?

Answer 14

Direct, organizational, and strategic

Question 15

What are the three training domains?

Answer 15

Institutional, operational, and self-development.

Question 16

What is the institutional training domain?

Answer 16

It includes army schools that provide initial and subsequent military education such as NCOPDS.

Question 17

What is the operational training domain?

Answer 17

It consist of activities in an organization that individuals undertake. This is where NCO’s develop their subordinates. They can give task, delegate authority, and provide feedback to their soldiers.

Question 18

What is the self-development domain?

Answer 18

It’s the planned and goal oriented learning. This can be focus on distributed leader courses, specifically training for on the job or personal development like college or learning a new skill.