According to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)(2015), the development of competent, committed professional leaders of character is imperative to the readiness of our Army (TRADOC, 2015, p.3). The Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) 2020 Strategy is a plan developed by TRADOC (2015) that ensures our future NCOs are those competent, committed professionals of character that we need in our NCO Corps ( TRADOC, 2015, p.3-4). The NCO 2020 Strategy provides the, “guidance on ends, ways, and means for developing NCOs that exercise Mission Command while planning, preparing, executing, and assessing Unified Land Operations to meet the challenges of the 21st Century and preserve the combat readiness of our force” (TRADOC, 2015, p.3). Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) (2006) defines leadership as, “the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization” (HQDA, 2006, p.1-2). The ability of a leader to provide purpose, direction, as well as motivation is directly affected by their competency and character, this is why the NCO 2020 strategy is valuable to our Corp. …show more content…
One large change that will be coming is Structured Self Development (SSD) courses will be no more. In a Power point by Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Jimmy J. Sellers it is stated that the Army will begin delivering Distributed Leader Course (DLC) to the force 1 June 2018 (CSM Sellers, n.d.). CSM David S. Davenport is quoted as saying, “They’re just not sitting behind a screen clicking. They’re actually learning” (as cited in Myers, 2017). DLC will encourage better comprehension of the content fostering a more competent