Posted on Feb 20, 2018
Can a Specialist make a Private stand at Parade Rest for him?
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Does general military authority allow a Specialist to require a Private to stand at parade rest for them? There was a previous thread discussing whether a Private should automatically stand at parade rest for a Specialist, but I've seen Specialists over the years tell Privates to stand at parade rest when talking to them. Can Specialists do this? It seems like an abuse of general military authority to me.
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Posted 8 y ago
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He can, but he just might get a treatment from the private that he didn't expect!
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Oops, everyone was an E-1 in basic... even the acting corporals (trainees as well)
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An acting corporal (E-2) in basic can, but the conditions are that he has been specifically charged with drilling the squad he has been appointed to lead. In general? I don’t think so; however, read the circumstances, behave well in you own interests. Bring it to the attention of your Squad Leader afterward if you believe he acted inappropriately. Don’t get so hung up on the regs that you fight everything... it will not end well for you.
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As I see it if the higher rank is in charge of the group then he or she is do the respect there for you would stand at a parade rest
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Unless rank has changed over the years when I was in the service I went to military jail after a courts martial when I report to Quantico I was put in with the NCO’s because the way the structure went was E-4 is the lowest NCO like CMST of the Army he’s an E-9 not an E-10 I would guess yes a SP4 can place a Pvt at parse rest especially if the individual is in a leadership positon
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SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA
The Army has Specialists who are not NCOs, and Corporals who are NCOs, but they are both E4s.
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When I Was In Were Told To Extend The Curtisy To To Specialist 5TH Class Or Higher But I Think The Modern Army Only Has Specialist 4TH Class In Fact I Think I Read Some That The Army Was Thinking Of Doing Away With Specialist Ranks All Togeather
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When I was an E-1 cherry in the 82nd, and a SP4 said to address him at parade rest, I assumed parade rest. Didn't spend much mental energy wondering if the guys were supposed to be able to do that.
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I agree with everyone that only those E5 and above an make a lower enlisted be at parade rest; however, I also agree that it is showing the higher rank respect. I see only two reasons that a E3 and below would stand at parade rest for an E4. One, the E4 is in a position of authority, team cheif, squad leader, over that lower. Though the E4 can not make the lower enlisted be at parade rest, it is a showing of respect of the position the E4 is in. The second reason is strictly that the lower WANTS to show the higher rank respect regardless and stands at parade rest anyway.
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The only time I have seen Privates stand at parade rest for a Specialist was in basic training who was the company armorer.
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