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110. NCOs are one of the reasons the US won WWII.

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 07:24 PM

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Our enemies have a military top down power structure, troops in the field cannot make decisions
which are made by officers sitting in a safe field tent away from the front line.

When the Allies landed on Normandy Beach the German generals watched helplessly and could
do little. They had to get permission from Hitler to move troops from other parts of Europe to stop the Allies.
But Hitler was sleeping with orders not to be awakened.

Military troops out in the field experience changing conditions, often rapidly changing conditions.
American NCOs have the ability, training, permission to make decisions out in the field.
This gives the US a big combat edge.

Interestingly China and Russia keep trying to replicated our NCO military system and for
various reasons they cannot do it.

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