THE ARMY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER GUIDE

[Pages:210]HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

FM 7-22.7

(TC 22-6)

THE ARMY NONCOMMISSIONED

OFFICER GUIDE

Sergeant of Riflemen 1821

Sergeant Major of the Army 1998

DECEMBER 2002 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION:

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited

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*FM 7-22.7 (TC 22-6)

Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 23 December 2002

The Army Noncommissioned Officer Guide

Contents

Page FIGURES ......................................................................................iii VIGNETTES ..................................................................................iv PREFACE ......................................................................................v CHARGE TO THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER...................... vii THE NCO VISION........................................................................ viii INTRODUCTION........................................................................... ix INTRODUCTORY HISTORICAL VIGNETTES ................................xii

CHAPTER 1 -- HISTORY AND BACKGROUND........................... 1-1 History of the Army Noncommissioned Officer............................... 1-3 Army Values ............................................................................. 1-22 NCO Professional Development ................................................. 1-25 The NCO Transition .................................................................. 1-32

CHAPTER 2 -- DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE NCO......................................................... 2-1 Assuming a Leadership Position .................................................. 2-3 Duties, Responsibilities and Authority........................................... 2-4 Inspections and Corrections....................................................... 2-10 Noncommissioned, Commissioned and Warrant Officer Relationships ............................................................................ 2-14 The Noncommissioned Officer Support Channel ......................... 2-17 NCO Ranks .............................................................................. 2-19

CHAPTER 3 -- LEADERSHIP...................................................... 3-1 Learn.......................................................................................... 3-3 Be ? Know ? Do .......................................................................... 3-4 Discipline.................................................................................. 3-14 Intended and Unintended Consequences ................................... 3-16 Putting it Together..................................................................... 3-17

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

*This publication supersedes TC 22-6, 23 November 1990.

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CHAPTER 4 -- TRAINING............................................................4-1 NCOs Lay the Foundation in Training............................................4-3 Leader's Role in Training..............................................................4-6 Other Leader Concerns in Training..............................................4-12 Assessment ..............................................................................4-16

CHAPTER 5 -- COUNSELING AND MENTORSHIP ......................5-1 Leader's Responsibility ................................................................5-3 Effective Army Counseling Program ..............................................5-5 Types of Developmental Counseling .............................................5-7 The Counseling Session.............................................................5-13 Mentorship ................................................................................5-16

APPENDIX A -- SERGEANT'S TIME TRAINING.......................... A-1 APPENDIX B -- ARMY PROGRAMS ........................................... B-1 APPENDIX C -- LEADER BOOK................................................. C-1 APPENDIX D -- INTERNET RESOURCES................................... D-1 APPENDIX E -- NCO READING LIST.......................................... E-1 APPENDIX F -- NCO INDUCTION CEREMONY........................... F-1 SOURCE NOTES ..................................................... Source Notes-1 GLOSSARY.................................................................... Glossary-1 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................ Bibliography-1 INDEX.................................................................................. Index-1 NOTES ................................................................................Notes-1

This publication is available on the General Dennis J. Reimer Training

And Doctrine Digital Library At adtdl.army.mil

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Page 1-1. Army Training and Education Program ............................ 1-26 2-1. Task to Assume a Leadership Position................................... 2-3 2-2. Questions When Assuming a Leadership Position.................. 2-3 2-3. On-the-Spot Corrections Guidelines..................................... 2-11 2-4. On-the-Spot Correction Steps ............................................. 2-12 2-5. General Duties of Commissioned Officers ............................ 2-14 2-6. General Duties of Warrant Officers ...................................... 2-15 2-7. General Duties of Noncommissioned Officers....................... 2-15 3-1. The Army Leadership Framework .......................................... 3-2 3-2. Teambuilding Stages .......................................................... 3-13 4-1. Task Approval Matrix ............................................................ 4-6 5-1. Characteristics of Effective Counseling .................................. 5-4 5-2. Major Aspects of Counseling Process.................................... 5-6 5-3. Reception and Integration Counseling Points ......................... 5-9 5-4. Mentorship Development .................................................... 5-17 5-5. Mentorship Characteristics.................................................. 5-18

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Vignettes

Page Sergeant Patrick Gass and the Lewis and Clark Expedition..............................xii Sergeant James Rissler in the Battle of Shahi-Kot.............................................xiii Sergeant Brown at Redoubt # 10 ........................................................................ 1-5 Percival Lowe.......................................................................................................... 1-6 Sergeant William McKinley at Antietam .............................................................. 1-7 The 54th Massachusetts Assault on Fort Wagner............................................ 1-8 Buffalo Soldiers and Sergeant George Jordan.................................................. 1-9 Corporal Titus in the Boxer Rebellion ................................................................. 1-9 Sergeant Patrick Walsh in World War I.............................................................1-11 Staff Sergeant Kazuo Otani at Pieve Di St. Luce............................................1-12 Staff Sergeant John Sjogren at San Jose Hacienda......................................1-13 Sergeant Ola Mize at Outpost Harry..................................................................1-14 SFC Eugene Ashley at Lang Vei........................................................................1-15 MSG Gordon and SFC Shughart at Mogadishu..............................................1-18 SGT Christien Roberts in Kosovo ......................................................................1-20 CPL Rodolfo Hernandez on Hill 420 .................................................................1-25 SGT Park and the On-the-Spot Correction......................................................2-12 C Co. 3-504th PIR at Renacer Prison ................................................................3-15 The Deployment...................................................................................................3-16 CPL Sandy Jones in World War I......................................................................... 4-6 The 555th Parachute Infantry (Triple Nickles).................................................4-10 SSG Michael Duda in Desert Storm..................................................................4-15

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Preface

This Field Manual is dedicated to the men and women of the US Army Noncommissioned Officer Corps in the Active Component, the Army National Guard and the US Army Reserve ? altogether America's finest fighting machine. Your soldiers depend on your guidance, training and leadership to win the Nation's wars. Wear your stripes with pride and honor. You are ?

"The Backbone of the Army."

PURPOSE

FM 7-22.7 provides the Army's noncommissioned officers a guide for leading, supervising and caring for soldiers. While not all-inclusive nor intended as a stand-alone document, the guide offers NCOs a ready reference for most situations.

SCOPE

The Army NCO Guide describes NCO duties, responsibilities and authority and how they relate to those of warrant and commissioned officers. It also discusses NCO leadership, counseling and mentorship and the NCO role in training. Of particular use are the additional sources of information and assistance described in the manual.

APPLICABILITY

The Army NCO Guide provides information critical to the success of today's noncommissioned officers. This manual is for all NCOs of the Army, both active and reserve component. While especially important for new NCOs, this book will be useful to junior officers as well. Every NCO will benefit from reading and understanding FM 7-22.7.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

The proponent for the publication is Headquarters, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Send comments and recommendations on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commandant, US Army Sergeants Major Academy, ATTN: ATSS-D, Fort Bliss, TX 79918-8002 or through the Sergeants Major Academy website at usasma.bliss.army.mil.

Unless stated otherwise, masculine nouns or pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.

This publication contains copyrighted material.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The copyright owners listed here have granted permission to reproduce or paraphrase material from their works.

Depiction of "To Relieve Bastogne," by Don Stivers, ? Don Stivers, 1990.

Excerpt from Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War, by S.L.A. Marshall, ? Peter Smith, 1978.

The quotation by LTG Thomas J. Jackson in Chapter 1 is from Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations, edited by Robert Debs Heinl, ? US Naval Institute Press, 1988.

The quotation by CSM J. F. La Voie in Chapter 2 is from Guardians of the Republic, by Ernest F. Fisher, Jr., ? Ballantine Books, 1994.

Excerpt from GEN Matthew B. Ridgway, "Leadership," in Military Leadership: In Pursuit of Excellence, edited by Robert L. Taylor and William E. Rosenbach, ? Westview Press, Inc., 1984.

Excerpt from The Doughboys: The Story of the AEF by Laurence Stallings, ? Harper & Row, 1963.

Excerpts from The Triple Nickles, by Bradley Biggs, ? Archon Books, an imprint of The Shoe String Press, Inc., 1986.

Excerpt from Top Sergeant: The Life and Times of Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, by William G. Bainbridge, ? Ballantine Books, 1995.

Other sources of quotations and material used in examples are listed in the Source Notes.

Special thanks to CSM Gary L. Littrell (US Army, Retired), SGM Michael T. Lamb, SPC Michael J. Stone, SPC Ryan A. Swanson, and Mr. Roger Smith (3rd New Jersey Regiment) whose generous assistance helped make this manual possible.

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