How do you handle a disrespectful junior soldier that doesn't belong to you?

I'd let Karma take care of him, eventually he's going to pop off to an officer that's in civvies, and that will be all she wrote for the punk.

Not sure, but it sounds like you ran across, and I am not sure what the Army terminology is, someone in casualty company who is just waiting for their OTH paperwork.

I wouldn't sweat it. Dickheads tend to dickhead a lot, and eventually it catches them on the chin.

SPC Jovani Daviu
I go along with many others here in thinking this dufus is not actually in the military. If he were junior to you and active duty, I doubt he would treated you as he did. If he were AWOL or a deserter, I doubt he would not be in uniform. Therefore Stolen Valor.

For those who have asked, this incident happened off post about a mile away from the gate at a gas station.

straighten yourself out first, no need to worry about or trying to correct others if you are a soup sammich

You might have won the battle, but lost the war by throwing down on him. You would have been good to defend yourself if he made the first move though. No matter what his status is, any fight can lead to civil charges with all the UCMJ issues for you and PR problem for your Service. It can lead to death also, especially these days. Unless you could have gotten a picture, you were wise to walk away. He'll eventually hang himself with enough rope.

Edit: If this was aboard a base, that changes things. If you wanted to hold him accountable, the MP's would be the safest course. Call them while keeping him in view, and let the process run its course. If aboard base, he was likely on his way out with bad paper and more charges wouldn't matter to him. Definitely a judgement call on your part as to best COA.

Wow...I take it that was at your installation? Only twice did I ever have to say anything, once when I was at USAF OTS, a junior OT had been walking past with a friend, he had on sunglasses, which were specifically forbidden by the Commandant for OTs to wear, I'd seen him while walking with my family, who'd flown to see me finish, I had to give him a demerit...the other time, I'd been walking through the parking lot of the enlisted barracks where I was assigned, a junior airman had his fatigue shirt open, holding an open beer can, yakking with two more senior guys, both NCOs, I'd had to get mail, that was where we in the BOQ went for it...he was also yelling across the lot to a friend quite loudly...I just stopped and stared at him and the other pair, till both NCOs got the point, and told him to lose the beer can and close his shirt...I'd also been with the base commander for a day, my installation had new 2nd Lts do that, we had to go to a daily briefing with the Lt Gen he had to attend, so he brought me along...as we both got out of the staff car, he saw a junior airman walk out with something wrong with his uniform, the Col called out, with index finger raised and beckoning, "Young man..." and walked over to him...the junior airman, suitably chastened, saluted and was allowed to leave, I didn't hear with the Col said to him, I just was standing by the staff car watching (needless to say, I was obviously immaculate that day)...I just figured you might find those anecdotes interesting and/or useful...that story you'd told was actually pretty incredible, certainly, I'd love to hear more if you find anything out, of course....

Report him to the base commander and base MPs.

Although i wasn't involved in this encounter at Travis AFB, CA in 1974 I did witness it, an E4 that had just been discharged and was still on base walked out of a building and took off His uniform hat and shirt and threw them on the ground. Just at that moment a staff car with a plate beating a Colonels eagle and the words BASE COMMANDER on that same plate stopped, He had observed the conduct and less that proper comment from this individual who now had His 214 in hand for a few minutes. within approx one minute a patrol from the Security Police arrived and that individual was taken into custody. His uniform as it was and haircut didn't meet standards.