Posted on Jan 20, 2014
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Basically if a Army value is neglected and a SEASONED Soldier (not a new soldier),NCO, or Officer is found to be in neglect of an Army value should they be held to the standard and receive the same corrective training/punishment or should the action be tailored to the rank and responsibility or should and equal action be taken across the board? Please include any leader action you would take
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CSM Infantry Senior Sergeant
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I absolutely think they should be held to a higher if not at least the same standard. Senior leaders know their service branches and are fully aware of the repercussions of their acts that violate our service's value systems. Naturally the more rank and service they have the more they have to lose but ultimately just like any other service member you violate the UCMJ you should be held justly accountable as the lowest ranking service member. 
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1LT Infantry Officer
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I believe in one standard across the board.  I don't care if the offender is a private or a general.  Here's the caveat, the standard includes the "reasonable person test."  As in, would a reasonable person of the same background, experience, education, circumstance, etc have acted in the same way as the accused?

That is what would trip up senior leaders:  By this test, they should honestly know better and thus their guilt is worse than that of someone who is just 18 months past slamming Natty Lights in Jethro's dad's den on Thursday nights.
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SFC Air Defense Enhanced Early Warning System Operator
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There is only one standard and punishment for failure to maintain that standard should be equal across the board. We are all professionals.
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