Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
A Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon is an award presented by the United States Army, Air Force, and Space Force to recognize those noncommissioned officers (NCOs) who have completed a prescribed leadership course at an NCO training school.The Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard have no equivalent to the Noncommissioned Officer Development Ribbon.The highest numeral authorized for the NCO Professional Development Ribbon is "6" for graduates of the Nominative Leaders Course (NLC).[5] The NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon was established by the Secretary of the Air Force on 28 August 1962.Additional awards of the NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon are denoted by oak leaf clusters.