"THE SENIOR SOLDIER"
STORY OF THE SOLDIER THAT WEARS STRIPES ON HIS
SLEEVE, "BACKBONE OF THE ARMY". THE
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER, N. C. O. NCO

LS- BI WARPLANE TAXIS ON ROUGH DIRT RUNWAY
BEFORE TAKING OFF. MONTAGE- ARTILLERY BARRAGES
HEAVY TRAFFIC OF SOLDIERS BOTH WAYS IN A FRENCH
VILLAGE. MS- TROOPS GO "OVER THE TOP".

TITLE: "THE SENIOR SOLDIER" MS- ARMY BAND PASSES
IN REVIEW

MONTAGE- A SERGEANT GIVES ADVICE TO A GI FROM HIS
DESK, A BLACK SERGEANT ADVISES A GI ON THE RIFLE
RANGE, ANOTHER CHECKS MANIFEST IN A STORAGE YARD.

MS- SERGEANTS SIT AT BRIEFING BY OFFICERS.

LS- STUDENT LEADS A CLASS IN CALISTHENICS UNDER
THE EYE OF AN INSTRUCTOR.

MS- USING A STUDENT AS AN ENEMY PRISONER THE
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS THE CLASS THE PROPER WAY TO
SEARCH AND COVER HIM WITH HIS RIFLE.

MS- "LEADERS ACADEMY", SIGN. WHERE N. C. O. IS
TAUGHT TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY

MS- IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT TRAINING, INSTRUCTOR
GRABS STUDENT UNDER CHIN WITH ONE HAND AND BEHIND
NECK WITH THE OTHER, FORCING HIM TO GROUND HE THEN
PLACES HIS HEEL OF HIS BOOT UNDER STUDENT'S CHIN.

MS- CAMPAIGN HATS ARE PILED HIGH ON A TABLE ON
GRADUATION DAY WHERE EACH MAN IS GIVEN ONE ALONG
WITH HIS DIPLOMA. THE GRADUATE PLACES THE HAT ON
HIS HEAD AS HE RECEIVES IT.

MONTAGE- DRILL SERGEANTS INSPECTING HIS MEN AND
PUTTING THEM THROUGH DRILLS, FIRE RIFLES. N. C. O.
ALSO INSTRUCTS IN OTHER AREAS FROM THE OPERATION
OF COMPUTERS TO SUPPLY AND LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS.

MS- SERGEANT MAJOR VISITS HIS MEN ON THE FIELD AND
REPORTS TO HIS COMMANDER. HE IS THE COMMANDER'S
EYES AND EARS ON THE FIELD.

CU- WILLIAM O. WOOLRICH, 1ST SERGEANT MAJOR WHO
WAS APPOINTED TO HIGHEST N. C. O. POSITION,
SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY, WHOSE JOB IS ADVISOR
AND CONSULTANT TO THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. HE IS
SEEN WITH THE MEN IN THE FIELD.

MS- A SQUAD LEADER BRIEFS HIS MEN ON A MISSION IN
THICK WOODSON VIETNAM. MONTAGE- SQUAD LEADER LEADS
HIS MEN THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE AND INTO A FIRE
FIGHT WITH THE ENEMY.