Administration (Admin) NCO & Company Commander Relationship in Army National Guard

In the Army National Guard, most company sizewhen issuing orders. Think about it this way. How
elements have an Admin NCO. The Admin NCO iswould you like if a Battalion Staff Officer tasked one
typically a full-time Active Guard Reserve (AGR)of your Platoon Leaders to do something, but didn't
soldier in the rank of Sergeant or Staff Sergeant.tell you?
The primary responsibilities of the Admin NCO includeYou wouldn't like it. Instead, you would want the S3
handling personnel actions, processing transmittals,office to task your unit with the task and then you
handling battalion suspenses and updating reports andtask one of your people to do it. That's how the
spreadsheets. Common personnel actions includechain-of-command is supposed to work.
evaluation reports, awards, promotions, demotionsFurthermore, to maximize the use of your Admin
and transmittals.NCO and AGR Staff, you must establish priorities.
The Training NCO reports directly to Readiness NCO.You must determine priorities for each person. For
As a National Guard company commander, you willinstance, you could declare that your Admin NCOs
interact with your AGR staff almost every day.priorities are promotions, awards and evaluations.
What I found worked best for me was to provideThat way, they know specifically what their job is.
my guidance and directives to the Readiness NCOAnd, they can decide the best way to do their job,
and let him filter that information down to hisbased upon their priorities.
subordinates, the Training NCO, Admin NCO andIn summary, all Army National Guard company
Supply Sergeant.commanders must effectively utilize their full-time
In other words, the company commander shouldAGR staff. To do so, they must establish priorities
follow his or her subordinate's chain-of-commandand utilize the chain-of-command.