{"id":1377,"date":"2008-03-22T18:33:26","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T22:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2008-11-19T18:36:24","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T23:36:24","slug":"walter-reed-basic-noncommissioned-officer-course-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"Walter Reed Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course grads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/bncoc.jpg\" title=\"bncoc.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/bncoc.jpg\" title=\"bncoc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/bncoc.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"bncoc.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/bncoc.jpg\" title=\"bncoc.jpg\">Click for full-sized picture<\/a><\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;m just unashamedly copying the post from Thus Spake Ortner at <a href=\"http:\/\/3-116thsniper.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/wramc-bncoc-also-civilian-friendly.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Sniper<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> OK, in order to go from SGT (E5) to Staff Sergeant (E6), a soldier must attend and pass the Basic Non-commissioned officers course. For the first time ever, this is being offered to wounded troops currently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. See pic above.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, they graduate on Friday, and the Senior Group Leader (Teacher) wants to get these soldiers the credit and media they deserve by getting some people at the graduation, and getting some positive stories out in the media about it. Hopefully we can do both.<\/p>\n<p>I know some will be there, like me, and Anon (Hey James, quit goosing Nicki). BNG is hoping to make it. We&#8217;ve also had good support from the Usual suspects, Gathering of Eagles, the Freepers etc. Blogs have chimed in and will do posts on these guys and gals. So, things are on track right now.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, I still do not have specifics, but hope to have them early next week. But, whoever can make it, awesome. My PLDC graduation was around noon, assuming this BNCOC graduation will be around same time frame. Stay tuned for more info as soon as I get it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a great idea &#8211; whoever thought it up should be commended. Why should an NCO fall behind their peers while they&#8217;re in a lengthy out-patient situation. I&#8217;ve always been a strong proponent of the NCODP &#8211; and this proves the Army&#8217;s commitment to\u00a0 the professional development of their careerists. And a big &#8220;Hoo-ah&#8221; to the graduates.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the area, and you can get some time &#8211; please show up. I&#8217;ll warn everyone ahead of time that parking at WRAMC sucks. Car pool to Walter Reed (at least most of you can get to the ceremony while one drives around looking for parking) or take the Metro to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/metrorail\/Stations\/station.cfm?station=29\" target=\"_blank\">Takoma station<\/a> on the Red Line if you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click for full-sized picture I&#8217;m just unashamedly copying the post from Thus Spake Ortner at The &hellip; <a title=\"Walter Reed Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course grads\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1377\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Walter Reed Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course grads<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-support-the-troops","category-walter-reed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}