BNCOC Training at Walter Reed - Graduation this Friday

Thus Spake Ortner/Obiter-Dictum | 23 March 2008 | Dennis Koehane

[concretebob]

Through email, and the blog, here. Background:

I’m doing this in OPORD format, since most of us know that format the best.

SITUATION: I was contacted today through work by the Senior Group Leader of the Basic Non-Commission Officers Course (BNCOC) on the grounds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Any of you who have been to PLDC, BNCOC, ANCOC or Sergeant Majors Academy no doubt remember these courses. They’re not exactly R&R. Now imagine doing it as a wounded troop. Here was his first missive to me:

I am currently an active duty Army NCO conducting first of it’s kind training at Walter Reed. Six NCOs have stepped up to complete BNCOC (ongoing now, with graduation set for March 28th) and I’d like to get some publicitiy to recognize their efforts and inspire others.

I’d never heard of a BNCOC at a location like Walter Reed, so I contacted him. I informed him I was a blogger of a very small milblog, but that I wanted to help. I asked permission to publicize. This was his response.

Re: the blog part… “yes; please fire for effect” and you can use my email as POC for it, but please no phone number. I’ll pass along a better update next week, but I’ll tell you it was simply awesome to see a wheel chair bound NCO marching troops in the rain. Yes I said she was in an a wheel chair and the element was marching. Of course keeping them in step was a challenge, but it brought new emphasis on the old adage “if it ain’t raining we ain’t training”.

Again, please do spread this story as much as you can and we’ll keep you posted

We need to go big. Real big if we can. This isn’t a simple thing of honoring troops who were injured (though they were) this is about soldiers wanting to further themselves, despite any injuries they sustained. These are troops who want to take the next step in their development.

Now, clearly I don’t have all the info in yet, so consider this simply a warning order.

MISSION: We need bodies. As many as we can get. Consider this a testing of the waters. But if you think you can get some folks there, do me a favor and send me an email to my private email (using my work because I have all the addresses here.) My email is below, at the bottom of this email.

EXECUTION: You tell me. How big do you think we can go?

ADMIN & LOGISTICS: Like I said, I have a small blog, and lots of time on my hands. The SFC is busy training these troops so they can better serve us. So, if you want to go through him, I’ll understand, but I’d prefer y’all get back to me so I can look at what we need, and try to match those needs with the people who have the resources.

[concretebob]

Please FreeMail for conatct info, but this would be a great addition to our 3 year anniversary. I'm not sure if I can make it due to work schedules and restrictions on my vacation time.

[concretebob]

PING the list please.

[concretebob]

A link is here.

[radar101]

The Instructor is the one in a wheel chair

[radar101]

http://3-116thsniper.blogspot.com/

[Professional Engineer]

bttt

[concretebob]

I had to omit the link with blogspot in the url cause I wanted this in Activism not Bloggers.
Sorry about the subterfuge, but some things are more important than protocol.

[concretebob]

PING

[bmwcyle]

bttt

[trooprally]

D.C. Chapter Master Ping

A good cause ConcreteBob has discovered.

And Have a Happy Easter.

[Mr] T

[Syncro]

Ultra Maximum Awesome

[trooprally]

CB - be sure to tell the graduates and their families they are also invited to our 3 Yr. Anniversary. Tom the RedHunter will be posting details on FR hopefully today, latest Monday.

[Mr] T

[Snickersnee]

Excellent! Bring the NCOES to the troop — not vice versa! Congratulations, Soldier!

[DCBryan1]

Sergeant: SITUATION
Major: MISSION
Eats: EXECUTION
Socialist: SERVICE SUPPORT
Commies: COMMAND and CONTROL (COMMO)

Proper OPORD format unless things have changed since 2003....six of one, half dozen of another IMHO.

RE: FM 71-1 IIRC.

Send us FRAGOs for updates ;)

[radar101]

GOOD MOVE--just had not thought of it myself!

I had to omit the link with blogspot in the url cause I wanted this in Activism not Bloggers.

[radar101]

From THE SNIPER:

I'd never heard of a BNCOC at a location like Walter Reed, so I contacted him. I informed him I was a blogger of a very small milblog, but that I wanted to help. I asked permission to publicize. This was his response.

Re: the blog part... "yes; please fire for effect" and you can use my email as POC for it, but please no phone number. I'll pass along an better update next week, but I'll tell you it was simply awesome to see a wheel chair bound NCO marching troops in the rain. Yes I said she was in an a wheel chair and the element was marching. Of course keeping them in step was a challenge, but it brought new emphasis on the old adage "if it ain't raining we ain't training".

[concretebob]

Actually, its you who are invited to the graduation.
See how deftly I made the connection?
Thats good Marine training.

;)

[trooprally]

You are just bragging how easy it is for a Marine to lead a civilian around. Good thing you and [Mrs] T aren't pinging back and forth. In Olney she's been given the nickname of “Gunny” by Halsey, USMC, Korea.

Just need a time and place, hopefully not early AM or late PM. Too many things already planned that we can't get out of.

[Mr] T

[concretebob]

Thats a compliment...;)

[Landry Fan]

bump

[concretebob]

Well Hi there Stanger.
Good to see you posting again.
You've missed quite a lot in the past year.

[concretebob]

I didn’t write it I just posted it. It’s TSO’s fault.

[ponsdorf]

bump

Can’t make it myself, but hope be there NEXT Friday.

[archy]

PING the list please.

On the way!

Sensei Ern, this is ConcreteBob; Bob, Ern.

[B4Ranch]

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[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

BTTT!...

[concretebob]

I've known Sensei Ern for quite awhile.
But thanks ;)

[Sensei Ern]

Hey Bob!