Can senior NCO’s make soldiers drive from home to a duty during harsh conditions such as frozen roads?

Well, young soldier, living off post is a PRIVILIGE and is granted at the discretion of the Commander. What makes you so special that you don't feel you should perform the same duties as your contemporaries? If you're so concerned about your personal safety, then move back into the barracks.

I was battalion operation sergeant at home for lunch. S3 calls - "Your greens are set up" "Yessir) "OK, your on survivor assistance, go to (whatever the office was) and pick up the paperwork and car keys."
So I did, got a 30 second brief and went to meet the survivors 70 miles away.
Learned later the S4 NCO was the one who was assigned the detail and had gone through the training but they were having an inspection and didn't want to lose him.
In the end I got even. Survivor assistance takes precedence over all other duties so I missed the most miserable field exercise in the three years I was there.

Funny you should ask. I ran into this same problem stationed in Germany. I lived in military housing that was around 45 minutes away from the base and I was called in for some 24 hour duty over the weekend. I was called because the person that should have had the duty was involved in a car accident and was still in the hospital, they were not at fault and were not seriously injured but were required to stay in the hospital under observation for 24 hours. I had no problem being called in but I did let the Senior NCO that called me know that because it was after the time that I should report I would be late and we were in the middle of a snow storm that they please be patient as I was not going to try and hurry to get to post. Yes, the NCO that called me had every right to require me to report regardless of the road conditions. They did understand that where I was housed had much more snow and ice compared to where they were and that I was not going to risk an accident trying to hurry to the base. I ended up needing almost 3 and half hours to arrive, some of that time to get my stuff organized and most of the time needed to drive at a whopping top speed of 40 kph simply because I couldn't get my car driving any faster due to conditions. For those of you that have never driven in Europe 40 kph is really slow, like under 25 mph
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if a senior NCO tells you that you need to be somewhere they have a few things going for them, first is that they are an NCO and what they are giving you is a lawful order to report for a duty, second is that they probably have checked on the regulations or have dealt with a similar situation before and they are not going to set themselves up for failure or trouble by breaking regulations. Just because you live off base does not exempt you from duties, just the same as living on base does not mean that you should have more duty. You are a member of that unit and if your name is on a duty roster it is YOUR responsibility to make sure that you are able to make it to your duty location on time even if you need to drive earlier and slower so you came make it.

DA Form 6. Duty Roster. If the Base is closed due to bad weather then common sense should apply. In upstate NY the police close the roads during bad weather and if caught driving on the road you will be fined.

I ws supposed to stand duty at the Pentagon, but there was a strong ice storm the night before. I called in stating even the heavy buses couldn't make it down my street. I was told to stay in place that day. Is there a rule, I don't know. I only know my safety was important to my LPO.

I understand how you feel Diaz. Lack of planning or some unforeseen emergency calls for you to get a call to pull duty. It's BS but it happens. There's a regulation on duty rosters and how to construct one. It doesn't mention anything about selecting soldiers last minute to pull duty. That is a leader's call. When I served as a 1SG and CSM I prepared for the unforeseen. If my leaders gave me a troop that was on leave, pass, TDY, or special duty to pull duty and their name were on a duty roster that leader pulled the duty. They hated it but I didn't have the mistakes going forward on the duty roster. Furthermore, in Germany, we always had this issue in the winter. The priority was safety. There were times as a 1SG when I would keep an eye on the desk and answer the phone until the soldier/leader showed up. I was working late so it wasn't an issue for me. I didn't want to lose a soldier. I can replace someone on a roster but I can't replace a parent's child. No one can. Good leaders know this and they adjust on the move to accommodate this type of mishap. My recommendation to you is to utilize your good judgment to get where you're going in a safe manner. You get there when you get there. You're not going to lose rank for it and if you were my soldier you would get an extra day off for having to come in last minute. Hope this helps.

I cannot say for certainty there is a regulation on this subject but I think most units have some sort of "Inclement Weather" policy that should address such situations.

Last I recall Military service was voluntary, maybe this generation and future generations need to be reminded of such. how much of a Blue Falcon are you that you can't do duty, besides the fact that you are using "HARSH CONDITIONS" as an excuse while serving in the military, where NEWS FLASH HIGH SPEED! YOUR JOB IS TO BE IN HARSH CONDITIONS DURING A DEPLOYMEN, weather that is a peacekeeping mission or during war.

This is common sense. Ask yourself these questions: Would you drive in these conditions? How experienced is the soldier at driving in these conditions (ie; is he/she from Florida or Minnesota?) How’s the soldier’s driving record? Can you complete the mission without the soldier’s presence?

It should be clearly spelled out in Unit SOG's/SOP's specific to Base geographic location. My legal opinion is that it would be foolish on the part of any NCO or Ranking Officer to endanger a lower ranking soldiers life or limb. Those of us that have spent any time stationed abroad know well the local policy covers this exact situation.