 Hi, and welcome to Sitrep, army news that affects you. We recently sat with tradeout command sergeant major Timothy Guden. We talked about changes to NCO professional development schools and the distributed leader course. Here's what he had to say. You know it's not about me, it's not about any other really senior NCOs, it's about what is it that we need to do, how do we need to redevelop things or relook at things for those up and coming NCOs that we want to build the bench for and realizing that they're the future leaders. In the NCO creed we talked about taking care of soldiers. We can't just sit on our laurels and say well that's the way we always did it. We've got to be able to show some progression here. DLC is the distributed leader course. The main difference is time. It's reducing just about everything in half. I think one of the main things that this does is it shows that not only do we need to change, but we can, we're willing and we're aggressive in seeking that change. We also had the chance to speak to him about changes in initial entry training. Here's what he had to say. Rigor means soldierization, toughness, basic drills, it's the continuation of the soldierization process so that this time that they spend in AIT or wherever it is doesn't degrade any of that that they've taught so that they can remain as sharp as they were when they graduated from basic training when they get to their first duty sign-up. Look out for those motivated and newly trained troops coming to a unit near you. If you have questions or topic ideas for SITREP, let us know on Facebook or Twitter. Sergeant Cadet, out.