Posted on Apr 10, 2014
Can you simultaneously enforce the regulations while "picking your battles"?
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You can look at almost any discussion on RP and read a comment about how we should enforce all regulations, how it's not an option to pick and choose which regs to enforce/ignore.
i.e. - Soldier asks an NCO to tape them to see how much body fat they have. Soldier tapes over and some say flag, others say no flag because it's not official...
In the same breath people will say, "you have to pick your battles".
i.e. - SGM doesn't like Soldiers wearing PT shirts with civies, so you say don't do it (even though it's not against regs). Simply to please SGM, because it's "small pickings".
Lets turn up the heat on this discussion, but keep it professional.
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I think it is wisdom that allows us to decide what is life-threatening, what is marginal, and what is a waste of time.
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In the first example you gave, I would be in the "no flag" statement. This would be a soldier being proactive to find out his or her fitness level and most likely wanting to do something about it. What good would it do to punish that soldier with a flag?
As far as the second one, that's a tough question. In my experience, what SGM wants, SGM gets unless it's pretty radical. That would not be radical enough to go against the SGM.
As far as the second one, that's a tough question. In my experience, what SGM wants, SGM gets unless it's pretty radical. That would not be radical enough to go against the SGM.
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If a Soldier comes to you asking to be taped to see where s/he is progress-wise, that is a vote of confidence for you. That Soldier has sought you out because s/he trusts you. If the Soldier tapes above, and you report that result as a "record" tape, you have not only put that overweight flag on the Soldier's record (it stays there for 3 years), you have destroyed that Soldier's trust not only in you, but in NCOs in general. That Soldier will likely see every NCO as a "Blue Falcon" in the future.
If it's a record tape required by the unit, then that's an entirely different story.
If it's a record tape required by the unit, then that's an entirely different story.
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