Posted on Sep 14, 2016
Can a soldier be forced to attend an Audie Murphy board?
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I have an NCO who is being forced to compete in an Audie Murphy board 8 days after notification. Is there any justification to get him out of it? The 1SG is relentless, and the CSM is unresponsive pertaining to the situation.
This is a good NCO, who doesn't want to make a fool of himself at a prestigious Corps level board.
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Note: Photo added by RP staff.
This is a good NCO, who doesn't want to make a fool of himself at a prestigious Corps level board.
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Note: Photo added by RP staff.
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 361
8 days to prepare should be sufficient. If the balloon goes up? How long do you have to prepare for that. It's time to hit the books.
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A "good" NCO will always be prepared. It's in the Creed of the Noncomission Officer.
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In my career I have recommended various soldiers to appear before boards.....but I always checked with the soldier first.....this sounds like a command just trying to meet a higher commands requirement
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Suck it up and go. Study, do your utmost best, walk out and carry your head high.
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I attend a soldier of the year board, Back in the day you followed orders no questions asked, and 8 days is more than enough time, I did it
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Any mertorious board should be embraced, not hid from. Noone wants to be foolish, but thats not what it is about. In the Marine Corps we were taught and expected to act, train and lead as though we were the higher rank we were. The boards wete there to take the best Marines and have them compete by showing that this is in fact what they had done and were the best Marine in the group. BTW, that is exactly how Audie Murphy did it. Only all his were earned on the battlefield.
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