100% VERIFIED ANSWER
\.When was the Army first established? - ANSWERS✔-14 June 1775
\.Who wrote the Blue Book? (Regulations for the ORDER and DISCIPLINE of the
Troops of the United States) - ANSWERS✔-Prussian General Friedrich Wilhelm von
Steuben
\.What were the original NCO ranks? - ANSWERS✔-Corporal, Sergeant, First
Sergeant, Quartermaster Sergeant, and Sergeant Major
\.When was the modern rank insignia adapted? - ANSWERS✔-1902
\.When was the NCO Manual established? - ANSWERS✔-1917
\.What additional ranks were added in the late 1930s? - ANSWERS✔-Technician
ranks (later appeared as 'specialists' in 1955)
\.When did the first Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) open? -
ANSWERS✔-17 October 1949 at Flint Kaserne, Bad Toelz, Germany
, \.When was the NCO Education System (NCOES) established? - ANSWERS✔-1966,
by General Ralph E. Haines Jr.
\.When was the NCO Creed written? - ANSWERS✔-1973 (published in 1986)
\.What did the NCO creed provide? - ANSWERS✔-Inspiration to lead and implied
responsbilities for conducting NCO business
\.What does the NCO creed identify? - ANSWERS✔-What an NCO must "Be, Know,
and Do" as defined by the Army Leadership requirement model
\.What do courtesies provide soldiers? - ANSWERS✔-Discipline; Courteous
behavior for developing good relations; Respect
\.How is trust established between the Nation and its soldiers? - ANSWERS✔-
Through the Oath of Enlistment
\.What are the five compelling reasons soldiers conduct must remain within
ethical and moral boundaries to win the hearts and minds of our enemies and to
safeguard honorable service? - ANSWERS✔-Humane treatment of detainees;
Humane treatment of noncombatants;
Make ethical decisions in action fraught with consequences;
Leaders must not tacitly accept misconduct or encourage it;
Soldiers must live with the consequences of their conduct