Can a 1sg deny a soldier leave for not qualifying at a weapons range?

CPL Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:18:09 -0500

More specifically an m4 range.

Response by SFC Dennis A. made Nov 6 at 2018 11:20 AM

SFC Dennis A. — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:20:35 -0500

Short answer, yes.

Response by SP5 Peter Keane made Nov 6 at 2018 2:48 PM

SP5 Peter Keane — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:48:42 -0500

How does one not qualify ?

Response by SFC Ralph E Kelley made Nov 6 at 2018 4:10 PM

SFC Ralph E Kelley — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:10:40 -0500

I would but not if it had already been submitted and approved.
However I would make sure I got him retrained then slid them into another units firing line.

Response by SGT Joseph Gunderson made Nov 6 at 2018 5:30 PM

SGT Joseph Gunderson — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:30:00 -0500

Yes. Learn to shoot and maybe you can get breaks from training.

Response by SSG Robert Perrotto made Nov 8 at 2018 3:36 AM

SSG Robert Perrotto — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:36:58 -0500

I find it hard to believe that your NCO's did not keep you at the range until 1. you qualified, 2. ran out of bullets, or 3. ran out of daylight - also , as someone else pointed out, piggy back you with another unit running a qualification range until you did qualify. actions, or in this case, inaction, has consequences. In this case, your block leave packet can be denied. You had one job that day, put the minimum amount of bullets into targets to achieve qualification. You went through the zeroing process before getting up to the firing line, you should have been able to hit targets out to 200M easily.

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Nov 10 at 2018 9:38 AM

SFC Joseph Weber — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 09:38:01 -0500

Of course. I'm sort of curious why you asked the same question twice.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2018 10:07 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:07:58 -0500

While the 1SG is not the approving authority for leave forms, he is the commander's senior enlisted adviser. Therefore, if the 1SG thinks your leave request should be denied, he will advise the commander not to approve, and the commander will likely concur.