Do you believe counseling soldiers has better results than making them do PT?

i personally think that the military needs to stop acting like social workers to soldiers and mold them the way that its suppose to be. The way it was before things started changing. Thats just my opinion.

I'd bet its to lower the suicide rate, but it hasn't changed it from what the numbers say. I think its a bad idea to weaken the army in that way. I mean, by not "smoking" them. Im kind of an inbetween guy though. We should be treated like independent adults, but still have some dependency to rely on your leadership. Good question to being up.

IM older, when we were kids corrective action like butt whoopings were effective so smoking sessions worked when I was a private. As I have seen in this generation it's all about the info and tech age. I've learned to evolve with the times, my Soldiers have always been more responsive and disciplined with not really counseling on paper but a sit down and discuss negative and positive actions and understand UCMJ always fixes a problem that wont fix itself. I don't scream at them much so when I do raise my voice they get really edgy and correct themselves.

Very well said, I fully agree.

My real thoughts simple can't be put here, but in a basic notion it is this, it is an ineffective form of communication, a 18 or 19 year old soldier reaaaaalllly doesn't care what the paper says.

I'm going into the USMC and to be honest the Army is a lot more relaxed than the Marines. Itd be better is the Army " pushed the recruits harder, and become the soldier they can can be. They need to push them hard and not relaxed.

Pt

I think also that the different states that the country has been in for the new generation of soldiers joining has a big factor as well

Depending upon the situation and the severity of the offense I was in the military when it was old school military and therefore PT along with mental justification and training is what builds Soldier once again depending upon the situation when you are a group leader squad leader or a soldier that is responsible for others there's no room for bull crap A sound mind and a sound body along with moral values is what this country was based on

No, soft talk is not the way, pain and discipline is the answer