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Shawn Carns

Shawn Carns

Sep 30, 2026

22:04
How do NCOs and leaders influence those courses to make sure that they have the right skills that are being taught at the course, so that when the new sergeants, staff sergeants, or platoon sergeants come out, that they've got the skillsets that are needed for what you want in the operating force today?
22:20
So first thing everyone's gotta understand is that we educate, validate.
22:23
We don't train and certify, right? That's the operational domain.
22:27
So we educate and validate.
22:29
We are giving them a baseline.
22:32
We are not gonna make them an expert at a leader.
22:34
Not even gonna happen.
25:23
Sergeant Major, can you describe the roles of the command sergeant major and the operational sergeant major and how they work together?

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