NCO• He chose to stay in the army as an NCO.• I was there in a time of the war when we still got on very well with our officers and NCOs.• That means all officers and warrant officers as well as NCOs and enlisted.• But it was appall-ing to me to see the lack of careerNCOs out in the front lines.• Now, not only do you have a greenlieutenant, but you also have green NCOs.• We had one real live NCO during my first tour, a blacksergeant with seventeen years in the Army.• It seemed that we had more NCOsdodgingduty back in Cu Chi than we did in the front lines.• I found out from other NCOs how to get the popularbeer.