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Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon

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ANoncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbonis anawardpresented by theUnited StatesArmy,Air Force,andSpace Forceto recognize thosenoncommissioned officers(NCOs) who have completed a prescribed leadership course at an NCO training school. TheNavy,Marine Corps,andCoast Guardhave no equivalent to the Noncommissioned Officer Development Ribbon.

Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon


Army (above) and Air Force and Space Force (below) ribbons
TypeRibbon
Awarded forCompletion of the Basic Leader Course
Presented byDepartment of the Army[1]
Department of the Air Force[2]
StatusCurrent
Established1981 (U.S. Army), 1962 (Air and Space Forces)
Precedence
Next (higher)Armed Forces Reserve Medal[3][4]
Next (lower)Army:Army Service Ribbon[3]
Air and Space Forces:Basic Military Training Honor Graduate Ribbon[4]

Army

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TheNCO Professional Development Ribbon(established in 1981) is issued by the U.S. Army for completion of any prescribed NCO development courses. The first award of the NCO Professional Development Ribbon is issued for completion of theBasic Leader Course(BLC [former titles of BLC include: the "Warrior Leader Course", "Primary NCO Course", "Combat Army Course", and the "Primary Leadership Development Course" ]). When a soldier completes additional schooling such as the Advanced Leaders Course (ALC), Senior Leaders Course (SLC), and Master Leader Course (MLC), anaward numeralis worn on the ribbon to denote subsequent satisfactory completion of those courses (2, 3, & 4 respectively). Currently, the numeral "5" is authorized for graduation from the US Army Sergeant Major Academy's 'Sergeants Major Course'. Graduates of the Battle Staff NCO Course, and the legacy First Sergeant Course, do not receive a numeral device for graduation from those courses. The highest numeral authorized for the NCO Professional Development Ribbon is "6" for graduates of the Nominative Leaders Course (NLC). NLC is a two-week strategic leader development course designed to prepare nominative Command Sergeants Major (CSM) and Sergeants Major (SGM) for their duties as CSMs for commanders of 1-2 star Army commands, and Staff Section SGMs at HQDA level of responsibilities.

The Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon is a green ribbon1+3⁄8inches (35 mm) wide. It has a center strip of1⁄4inch (6 mm) of Flag Blue, bordered by1⁄16inch (2 mm) stripes of yellow. Equidistant from the edge and center stripes on each side are1⁄8inch (3 mm) stripes of yellow. The green and yellow of the ribbon represent thechevronsworn by NCOs. The central stripe of blue represents support of the United States.[5]

Air Force and Space Force

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TheNCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbonwas established by the Secretary of the Air Force on 28 August 1962. The ribbon is awarded to NCOs of the US Air Force and US Space Force for completion of prescribed NCO professional development programs. Approved programs are the NCO Preparatory Course, Airman Leadership School, NCO Leadership School, NCO Academy, and Senior NCO Academy. Select professional development programs of other services may also be counted for award of the ribbon. Eligible courses are theArmy Sergeants Major Academy,Navy Senior Enlisted Academy,andCoast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy.The ribbon is awarded to individuals who complete the course in-residence and may not be awarded to those who only complete the correspondence course. Additional awards of the NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon are denoted byoak leaf clusters.[6]

References

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  1. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2018-01-11.Retrieved2018-01-15.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^"Air Force Guidance Memorandum for Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2803, The Air Force Military Awards and Decorations Program"(PDF).Govdocs.rutgers.edu.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 January 2018.Retrieved28 September2018.
  3. ^ab"Ribbons - Order Of Precedence".Institute of Heraldry. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-13.Retrieved8 July2014.
  4. ^ab"Awards and Decorations".Afpc.af.mil.Archived fromthe originalon 23 January 2013.Retrieved14 January2013.
  5. ^"NCO Professional Development Ribbon".The Institute of Heraldry. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2014.Retrieved8 July2014.
  6. ^"USAF NCO PME Graduate Ribbon".
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