Category: NCO Professional Development Ribbon

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A Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon is an award presented by the United States Army and Air Force to recognize those noncommissioned officers who have completed a prescribed leadership course at an NCO training school. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard have no equivalent to the Noncommissioned Officer Development Ribbon.

The NCO Professional Development Ribbon (established in 1981) is issued by the U.S. Army for completion of any prescribed non-commissioned officer development courses. The first award of the NCO Professional Development Ribbon is issued for completion of the Basic Leader Course (BLC), formerly called the "Warrior Leader Course", "Primary NCO Course", "Combat Army Course", or "Primary Leadership Development Course" (PLDC). When a soldier completes additional schooling such as the Advanced Leaders Course, and Senior Leaders Course, an award numeral is worn on the ribbon to denote subsequent satisfactory completion of those courses. The highest numeral authorized for the NCO Professional Development Ribbon is "4". The numeral "5" was previously authorized for graduation from the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy when the First Sergeant Course was a recognized course, since removed from consideration.

See Wikipedia:Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon

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