The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps: The Backbone of the ArmyCenter of Military History, U.S. Army, 1989 - 236 pages |
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... British settlers in colonial America , however , brought with them a militia tradition dating back to the Anglo - Saxons . Every free , able - bodied adult male was expected to own arms and to be a part of the militia in his local ...
... British settlers in colonial America , however , brought with them a militia tradition dating back to the Anglo - Saxons . Every free , able - bodied adult male was expected to own arms and to be a part of the militia in his local ...
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... British weapons . American NCOS consequently became responsible for aimed vol- ley fire , while the British volleys remained untargeted . Other nations had special forces ( partisans , rangers ,. 4 "To Make Men Free" • frontispiece Drill ...
... British weapons . American NCOS consequently became responsible for aimed vol- ley fire , while the British volleys remained untargeted . Other nations had special forces ( partisans , rangers ,. 4 "To Make Men Free" • frontispiece Drill ...
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... British in actions like Guilford Court House ( below ) . ( " Stand Your Ground , " oil on hardboard by Don Troiani , 1985 , National Guard Heritage Painting , Department of the Army , National Guard Bureau ; and " Guilford Court House ...
... British in actions like Guilford Court House ( below ) . ( " Stand Your Ground , " oil on hardboard by Don Troiani , 1985 , National Guard Heritage Painting , Department of the Army , National Guard Bureau ; and " Guilford Court House ...
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... British Redcoats with cold steel , he also emphasized training in the use of the bayonet . The continentals learned precision high - speed maneuvering and flexibility on the battlefield . As in eighteenth century continental Europe ...
... British Redcoats with cold steel , he also emphasized training in the use of the bayonet . The continentals learned precision high - speed maneuvering and flexibility on the battlefield . As in eighteenth century continental Europe ...
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... British officers noted with distaste that American noncommissioned officers seemed to exercise little authority over their men . Part of the reason , the French concluded , was the American practice of throw- ing all the ranks together ...
... British officers noted with distaste that American noncommissioned officers seemed to exercise little authority over their men . Part of the reason , the French concluded , was the American practice of throw- ing all the ranks together ...
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Page 161 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 161 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and Articles of War.
Page 173 - President of the United States of America. To all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities...
Page 161 - Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or, coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer, shall be punished by the sentence of a court-martial with death, or otherwise, according to the nature of his offence.
Page 173 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 161 - ... of a dollar, to be deducted out of his next pay ; for the second offence, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be confined twenty-four hours ; and for every like offence, shall suffer and pay in like manner...
Page 168 - When a noncommissioned officer, while in arrest or confinement, is reduced by sentence of a court-martial, the date of the order publishing the sentence is the date of reduction. In all other cases reduction takes effect on the date of receipt of the order at the soldier's station. The desertion of a noncommissioned officer vacates his position from the date of his unauthorized absence.
Page 161 - ... not to more than two persons to be absent at the same time, excepting some extraordinary occasion should require it.
Page 161 - ... shall not appear at the said muster, have been absent, and the reason of their absence. In like manner, the commanding officer of every troop or company shall give certificates, signifying the reasons of the absence of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers ; which reasons and time of absence shall be inserted in the musterrolls, opposite the names of the respective absent officers and soldiers.
Page 161 - States read to him, and shall, by the officer who enlisted him, or by the commanding officer of the troop or company into which he was enlisted, be taken before the next justice of the peace, or chief magistrate of any city or town corporate, not being an officer of the army, or, where recourse cannot be had to the civil magistrate, before the judge advocate, and, in his presence, shall take the following oath or affirmation...