THE NCO CORPS IN POETRY

THE CREED OF THE NCO
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I am an important member of the military team.
I am it�s blood, vital but unseen.
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The people who work with me are it�s heart and soul.
My responsibility to them is many fold.
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Their attitudes, aspirations, and needs,
are a continuing reflection of my efforts and deeds.
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Managing people effectively, I believe is a must,
if I am to gain their respect and trust.
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In moments of stress conflict, or vision.
My guidance, I hope, will help in their decision.
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This creed I dearly hold;
For I am the means of the military goal.
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Author Unknown

A SOLDIER'S REQUEST

Treat me with respect, Sergeant.
For no heart in all the world is more loyal
than the heart of an American soldier.
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Do not break my spirit with your words, Sergeant.
For tho I will do what you demand, your guidance,
patience, and understanding will more quickly teach me
to "Be, Know, and Do."
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Speak with me often, Sergeant.
For the praise and counseling you give is expected.
I am an American soldier, expecting to be trained.
Discipline must be a part of my life.
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Train me for the elements, Sergeant.
For I must learn to fight and win in the cold, the wet, and the desert.
Those who would be enemies will use these elements. I must be prepared.
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I ask no greater glory, Sergeant,
than to defend our country and our way of life,
against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Allow me that privilege, Sergeant �train me.
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Provide me the necessities of food and drink, Sergeant.
Train me to be self sufficient, that I may lead the way,
and stand ready, willing and able to protect you,
with my life if necessary, should your life be in danger.
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Train me, Sergeant,
that one day I too can be called Sergeant, trainer of soldiers, backbone of the Army.
Train the me to accept those responsibilities that are yours.
Train me to train my soldiers to be the greatest defenders of freedom in the world.
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Sergeant, train me to be a Sergeant.
I shall leave this Army knowing, with my last step and my last breath,
that my fate was always safest in your hands
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Sergeant,
train me that I too can earn the title "Sergeant"
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Frank M. McMahon, Sergeant Major

REAL NCO's........

1. Can cuss for ten minutes without ever repeating a word.
2. Can remember when there weren't so many pussy Airmen.
3. Have a spine.
4. Can play a cherry Lieutenant like a finely tuned instrument.
5. Can see in the Dark.
6. Have eyes in the back of their heads.
7. Would rather be on the flightline than behind a desk.
8. Have wet dreams about leading an assault on Baghdad.
9. Still don't trust the Russians.
10. Still hate the French.
11. Don't know how to be politically correct.
12. Don't give a damn about being politically correct.
13. Think that "politically correct" should fall under "sodomy" in the UCMJ. ("G")
14. Love deploying to combat because there is less paperwork and more "real" work.
15. Can run a mile and a half with a hangover, but can't pass a ten minute bike ride.
16. Have enough ribbons on their blues to be Mexican field marshals, but just 2 worth points.
17. Do not fear women in the military.
18. Would actually like to date G.I. Jane.
19. Know that there is a difference between "giving orders" and "going through the orders process".
20. Don't like taking orders from a guy who couldn't get a DD 214.
21. Still know how to use a buffer.
22. Can tell you anything you want to know about an F-4 even though they are no longer in the AF inventory.
23. Believe that they do have a rendevouz with destiny.
24. Know that the Cuban military was too God Damn stupid to have assassinated Kennedy.
25. Believe that "Nuts" wasn't all that Brigadier General McAuliffe said to the Germans at Bastogne.
26. Don't know how to use a "stress card".
27. Idolize John Wayne.
28. Don't believe that AAFES really needs a "commander
29. Can remember when faggots weren't a "minority group".
30. Won't brief it if it is too complicated to fit on one page of those little green notebooks.
31. Would have paid money to see Custer getting his clock cleaned.
32. Really don't like taking shit from those who haven't "been there".
33. Believe that "commanders call", was invented by individuals who couldn't lead their way out of a
field latrine.
34. Know how to properly construct a field latrine.
35. Know how to do a daisy chain.
36. Knows that a daisy chain is not a sex act.
37. Might admire the Germans, but still realize Patton kicked their asses!
38. Aren't afraid of the Chinese, who probably don't have enough rowboats to invade Taiwan.
39. Would rather be OPFOR than MOPP 4.
40. Know that the New Air Force is more screwed up than the old one.
41. Think that the neutron bomb would be appropriate for the Bosnia and Iraq scenarios.
42. Don't believe a damn thing the Iraqis say.
43. Don't need a GPS to find themselves.
44. Think of military pilots as guys who wear pajamas to work.
45. Have enough BDU's and long johns in their closet to start a surplus store.
46. Think that MRE's taste good. (with a little hot sauce)
47. Would like to see what kind of creature "ham and chicken loaf" comes from.
48. Still have greens in their closet, hoping they will eventually change back.
49. Can be found eating and bunking with the troops.
50. Are convinced that "wall-to-wall" counceling really works.
51. Have more time on the flightline than most others have in the chow line
52. Know that volleyball and drinking 101, are the most important subjects taught in tech school.
53. Know how to make coffee when the measuring scoop is missing.
54. Know that it's not good coffee when you can see through it, nor when you can stand a track jack up in it.
55. Don't blame poor marksmanship on their M-16.
56. Know that shitty leaders will always say they have shitty soldiers.
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