Grounded in strategic concept     The first noncommissioned
officer to serve as commandant of the Sergeants Major Academy
said, the academy’s "goal is to provide a better educated
noncommissioned officer to support the commander. We try to do
that in echelons from the Warrior Leader Course on up. In the
sergeants’ major course, we want him to walk into his next unit
and assignment grounded in the strategic context on why it is
our Army and our nation are doing what they are doing."  Command
Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler said, "We are going to make him value
added and an asset in supporting the commander."  With that
background, the sergeant major is able to help soldiers make
sense out of what they are being asked to do. Chandler said that
also means that the sergeant major provides his knowledge and
experience in the planning process "and is able to translate
that into actions, something that makes sense to the young
soldiers when they go into combat."  Chandler, who is a non-
resident course graduate, said, "Th