The NCO Leadership Center Of Excellence And Sergeants Major Academy

The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence was born out of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy's 46 plus year history. The institution was founded as the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy in July 1972, and graduated its first students in 1973. Since that time, the NCOL CoE has graduated hundreds of thousands of Soldiers from various Noncommissioned Officer Education System courses, and continually adapts to meet the needs of our nation’s defense. The Center is headed by a three-star level nominative command sergeant major and is supported by a world-class staff and academic faculty. Our mission is to provide Professional Military Education that develops enlisted leaders to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world; and develop leaders who are fit, disciplined, and well-educated professionals. The Sergeants Major Academy mission is to provide the Army with agile, adaptive senior enlisted leaders of character, competence and commitment to be effective leaders. These leaders, grounded in Army and Joint doctrine, exploit opportunities by leveraging and applying Army resources.