Noncommissioned officers have to keep growing, have to keep learning and have to keep setting the example for the American military to remain the best in the world, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a group of Air Force senior enlisted leaders here April 4.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell told the airmen that the United States “has the most empowered noncommissioned officer/petty officer corps in the world.”
The Air Force Element Senior Enlisted Leader Summit, which looks to strengthen the joint forces team, had NCOs from the Pentagon, the combatant commands and combat support elements. They represented airmen involved in everything from the nuclear enterprise to special operations to cyber ops.
National Defense Strategy
Troxell's discussion hinged on the National Defense Strategy and its central position in what DoD must accomplish. The strategy calls for the military “to build a more lethal force,” the sergeant major said.
“The U.S. military must maintain this advantage,” Troxell said. “Let there be no doubt in every warfighting domain right now [that] we have competitive advantages. But some of those advantages are eroding because of continuing resolutions, because of unstable budgets.”
The strategy is based on the United States maintaining strong alliances and building on them, he said, adding that NATO and the…
