In the period 11 – 15 April 2011, the non-commissioned officers (NCOs) of Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast (HQ MNC NE) participated in NCO leadership course conducted at Baltic Barracks. Furthermore, in the course participated NCOs from our Command Support Brigade (CSB) and Headquarters Company (HQ COY).
After opening remarks from the MNC NE Deputy Commander Major General Ryszard Sorokosz, the course was conducted by Joint Mobile Training Team (JMTT) from Joint Forces Command Brunssum (JFC B) and Joint Forces Command Naples (JFC N) and was a superimposed course from the Advanced Leadership course conducted in 2008. As usual, the JMTT made an outstanding performance.
The education was a mix of briefings, lessons and syndicate work, where the students had the opportunity to tray out the theoretic stuff into practice. The topics were related to being a leader and team building.
During the course the students visited the Polish NCO School in Poznan, where they where introduced to the Polish NCO structure and concept including a view to the future plan to be conducted. During the visit they had the opportunity to see the premises in which the Polish NCO training is carried out.
On the last day of the course the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Brunssum Dave W. Preeper gave a briefing about what the job of a Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) was. Ending up with a panel session with questions from the students to Sergeant Major (SM) Isac Horton US A (United States Army), CSM Preeper CAN A (Canadian Army) and SM Frøslev DNK A (Danish Army) concerning the different working conditions as SEL.
The course was closed by a hand over ceremony in the NCO Club, where Command Sergeant Major Brunssum handed over the certificates to each student, followed by Chief G3 HQ Staff Division giving the closing remarks to the course.
The students went home for weekend with a feeling of having gained something to their already great skills and experiences as NATO NCOs.
Article by SM Frøslev.
