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To everyone duties is defined as obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one's position. To Noncommission Officers duties is something you must do by virtue of your position and is a legal or moral obligation. (FM 7-22.7) Noncommission officers are known as the back bone of the army. This is due to the position and responsibilities that NCO’s hold. NCO’s duties are vast and as noncommission officers progresses in their career and in rank those responsibilities become greater. The duties and responsibilities of noncommissioned officers date back to 1779 when Friedrich Von Steuben wrote the first regulation that described that duties and responsibilities of noncommissioned officers. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. This regulation was the stepping stone for the development and continues improvement in duties that noncommission officers are in charge of. In 1909 the six pages that Friedrich Von Steuben wrote in 1779 grew to 419 pages in the Noncommissioned Officers