Has anyone ever been in a screaming match or any altercation with their superiors?

Lol I put hands on my NCO AS AN E3 down at Bliss. I had an on going family situation going on as my little girl had just passed away. He knew this situation but didn't seem to care much ... not his problem I guess . However he then decided that he wasn't going to sign my pass to go home . granted I just got back from deployment ... My child was in Philadelphia... she passed the night we returned . Since everyone else had okay'd it ...I was told to purchase a plane ticket immediately ... which I did ... him deciding that he was going to hold my paperwork until he felt ready made me miss the flight ...

Clearly he and I have a checkered history... but rather than argue further I took it up with 1sg and Co Commander ... they flat out told me to leave and they'd handle which they did. He however, decided that he was going to try to give me an Article 15 for not signing out ( yes I forgot to do that )
So after gettin back I immediately requested leave ... obvious reasons ...


Next thing you know ... I'm
In his office being told ... I'm a bitch... not cut out for his army... pos...
( he's only an E5 at 14 years in... I musta not been the only bitch... and that's what I said to him )

2 other NCOS sat quietly as the whole thing transpired ...

And I was tired of being disrespected by this man ...
He asked me to repeat myself.. so I did ...
calls me to attention...I complied
Half right face.... I complied

Front leaning rest position ... move!


I stood silently ..
He repeated himself again...
I stood there now smiling

He then grabs me by my collar to attempt to force me to drop...

At that point ... it's game on... touched the wrong Staff Private
( even worse that I hear my senior NCO yell out ... oh shit get em J ... fuck him up Philly ) instead of stopping me .


At this point I thought I'd be kicked out anyway so I made sure he paid for it

... somehow it never got out past them even tho you'd hear jokes once in awhile when he'd say something .. better chill out Johnson just got promoted ... he goin out them hands on you....

He got out a year later with a bruised ego...

Me... I turned out alright

Sorry for the long winded story but I figure you could use some entertainment

Behind closed doors, heated discussions, absolutely. In front of the kids....NEVER

I don't have "superiors." I have seniors. I have been in VERY "heated discussions" with my seniors at times (because of safety or HUGE morale concerns they hadn't considered). I have always attempted to shift those discussions outside "public view" however. Sometimes you have to tell the boss they're wrong. If you don't, his boss will, and his boss will be less nice than you will. You won't hurt his career (only his ego). His boss has the potential to do both.

If your senior can't handle you being honest (and as TACTFUL as the situation calls for), then sometimes you need to escalate the "discussion parameters" up a hair.

I still don't talk about these things and it's been 25 years at least. I had one SSG who would wake me every morning by grabbing me by the ankles and yanking me out of bed. More than once I hit my head and bruised my back. I got tired of it. I talked with my section SFC and he tried to get the SSG to stop it. One day I wore my boots to bed. Next day the man came in to yank me out of bed and I kicked that guy in the face hard! That's the Army I grew up in. We were in TOP's office in no time. SSG wanted to article 15 me. Apparently, there is some rule somewhere that goes back to the war in Vietnam that says a soldier isn't responsible for what he does during the first 30 seconds after someone wakes him. I still don't know if that's true but charges were dropped, the SSG stopped yanking me out of bed every morning, and we got along a little better. Lol!

I retired after 31+ years and I can recall three, once as a E5, once as an E6 and once as a E9 in EVERY situation is was due to my seniors doing either an unethical or a dishonest action. In the case of when I was in the CMC (E9) billet I slammed the door on the CSO's office so hard that the framing nails pulled out of the wood. Hard to hold an art. 15 or CM for disrespect (or actually a physical threat I was so ticked) when it would be revealed violations of the UCMJ by the command. I am NOT going to go into details but YES - It happens. By the by, my brother and others stated that I would not survive in the civilian word due to my over the top attitude towards ethical behavior and morality, YEP - fired from three different positions due to "not fitting in". Also known as "you have to go along to get along (apparently a certain level of dishonesty and corruption is required between the military, the GS's and the contracting companies)." After the third termination I just retired and gave up on "the real world".

I was on the road March once and I stopped to tie my boots because one of them was loose and my first sergeant said what the fuck are you doing and I didn't realize it was him I just looked at the boots and thought it was another GI that I dislike and I said what the fuck does it look like I'm doing you asshole I'm time I fucking boots and he fucking snapped on me and I stood up and saw it was him and I fucking freak

During my career as a Hospital Corpsman I had the pleasure of teaching the basic EMT program through paramedic level for the National Registry and having them test for the National Registry, as this was done in the evening on my time to those interested in learning. I was approved at the state level as an instructor and at the national level as an instructor. I was also certified by the American Red Cross as a Advanced Cardiac Life Support instructor. This apparently upset a few Nurse officers including the Chief Nurse (LtC) who ordered me into a meeting stating my programs final exam should be written by nurses. I asked her who wrote her college final exams? Those were written by her instructors thus allowing her to take the state boards certifying her as an RN. My final exam was approved by the State and a copy was sent to the national registry. On passing my program my students were authorized to take the National Registry. My percentage pass rate of my students was 95% overall. This meeting was brought to the attention of the Hospital Commander (Col) by a senior NCO, who informed the Chief Nurse to get off my back. Soon after I was moved to the nursing education office as NCOIC of nursing education under an RN Major. When I first arrived in that position, She informed me that she wouldn't let any of my students work to save her life if she needed it. My statement to her was that's too bad as that would reduce her chance for survival. Come to find out that the Chief Nurse had a favorite Airman who she wanted to take over and teach the program that I had established. Who ever said politics doesn't play a part of the military needs to take a good look before making any statements.

There's a reason I'm wearing SGT stripes for the 3rd time after 13 years. We'll leave it at that

When I was at Campbell we were on a brigade run, and a Maj and Ltc noticed a female running quite slower than the pack. Unbeknownst to them she was like 6+ months pregnant. As they ran by with zest and hooah, they tried to motivate her with, " come on! Run faster". To which she gave a banshee shrill retort, "I'm going as fucking fast as I can"! I've never seen fear and terror strike so quickly. They didn't say a word, just ran faster to get away. I laughed. She murdered.

Once, as a brand new PA, I had just finished sickcall and had time to go to the gym. I got in my car and drove through the parking lot to get to the gym. The BDE CSM and his entourage stopped me to chew me out about driving in that area during PT. Since I was newly commissioned and had over 10 years enlisted behind me, I was, of course, standing at parade rest during his tirade. When he finally stopped to let me talk, I asked him, "Don't you think there's a more constructive way to inform the FNG that he's wrong?" That led to more yelling, finally, I'd had enough called him to attention, told him who I was and dismissed him. We exchanged salutes and went our separate ways. I had such angst while working out and then showered and went to my office and called the BN CSM to tell him what happened. I told him I was shitting my pants with worry about the Full Bird calling me to the carpet. The BN CSM just laughed and told me not to worry about it. After about a month, I finally relaxed. I attended quite a few staff meetings at the BDE level, not once did either of us ever discuss the incident. To this day, I don't really know who was right or wrong, but it makes me chuckle thinking about it today.