Senior NCOs in the U.S. Army

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The pay grades E6 and E7 are among the most valuable and important in terms of the day-to-day operations and effectiveness of the Army, but many of their senior NCOs are opting to allow these enlistments to lapse in order to seek opportunities in the private sector. This paper examines how the U.S. Army can improve retention rates among this critical segment of its forces, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

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"The United States Army is a major branch of the United States armed forces. The Army is tasked with the important missions of preservation of peace and security and the defense of the nation, and provides the majority of the ground forces in the U.S. military organization. Today, there are three types of "officers" in the U.S. Army: commissioned, warrant (who fill in the gap between commissioned officers and enlisted ranks) and noncommissioned (NCO) (pers. obs.)."

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