Does being a CPL hold some valuable weight when taking care of your soldiers, for example at the different S shops?

We had to may spec 4's, and not enough NCOs going around. I was up for promotion, and the motor officer put me in for CPL. Worked out, because I was his driver. It made life so much easier to get things done.

Once you move up from the bottom in rank YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for those below you..

It can, depending on what position you hold in the S-Shops. I found things way easier after I pinned CPL. I was able to facilitate much faster response times form other S-Shops, and even Brigade and Finance. I looked at is as a "Specialist" who stepped out from behind the sham shield and starting the long march to Senior Enlisted Ranks.

Honestly, I think Specialist should be done away with. Here is why:
1. It is the same pay grade, and often the same responsibilities as a CPL.
2. We are the ONLY Branch that has a non-NCO as an E-4 rank.
3. It creates another grey area with SPC-CPL interaction. Many won't recognize a CPL as an NCO, particularly if they have been in longer, or have more TIG.
4. The weight and authority, in most places, is no different, because they hold the same positions and responsibilities, and therefore are not looked at any higher.

No all it really did was make my life hell before i med boarded out

In my experience, it did help some. Two things to keep in mind though. The first is when I enlisted in the guard as a spec-4 they made me a corporal because I was doing the job of a sergeant in my unit. I kept up with every ones vaccination and other medical records to make sure they were properly assigned to deployable or non-deployable status. The second is that the nature of that job could have been why it seemed as though I could get things done better than when I was on active duty as a spec-4. On deployments nobody cared what was on my chest when I was kneeling over them.

I have been on both sides of this, I have watched a couple subordinates that could barely do their job and I had zero respect for make CPL. I still as a SPC help lead and guide them. Since then one has been reduced and the other has grown into someone I can respect. Tht being said for what I do and the position I'm in being a CPL would greatly increase my effectiveness dealing with outside organizations, I would no longer be seen as a soldier but as an NCO and that would make all the difference.

The CPL. is a Jr. NCO, hope he can take care of his troop that are assigned to him.

A Cpl dealing with them clean office dwelling seat-warmers? LOL, not unless they out rank an E-6. I'd say far less than half the time an E-5 could get 3rd shop to do anything. An E-6 about 50/50 chance. A 7 stands a good chance. But what you really want is an officer to get those coffee drinking E-6's off their "rear echelon". I impersonated a 1stLt( using my .XO's hat and a rain jacket) once and I got more done in a day on my tank than all the NCO's (3-5's,1-6, even my 7 once) in my HQ tank section, managed to get out of them in 6 months . I had a 2nd Lt. in another platoon different duty station, that was amazing at getting things done from 3rd shop.

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