Posted on Oct 16, 2016
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Here's the background. You're a senior E5. Your troops are in formation and you're handing out work for the day. You hand out an assignment to a fresh E2 with less than a year in and only a few months at your command. They blatantly complain and tell you to choose someone else. You calmly tell them they will do this task and they tell you to shove it and give it to someone else. How do you react?
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SSG Grant Hansen
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I would ask him to repeat what he said. If he said it again I would dismiss everyone else except him and his team leader. I would then pull them aside and explain the options.

1. The Pvt can do his assigned job plus extra duty with no further complaints, or;

2. Be brought before the CO and recieve an Art. 15 for failure to obey a lawful order.

That kind of willful and public insubordination cannot be tolerated and must be dealt with immediately.
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GySgt Daniel Chapin
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Give him the shittiest detail everyday for a month.
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Sgt Kenneth Baker
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Put him on his face and smoke him.
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SPC Phil Benton
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*Left, Right, CCF"
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Sgt Charles Welling
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Have him arrested.
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SGM Bill Preston
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I would give him a couple of options and none of them are positive.
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Sgt Joseph Baker
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Interesting choice of picture for this discussion. I don't think there is much chance this recruit is back-talking this DI.
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SSG Operations Sergeant
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Wall to wall counseling
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SGT Kate Cruse
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whatever job he was complaining about, and refusing to do would now become his permanent assignment.
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SGT Human Resources Specialist
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Make a example out of him. This is the military and a lawful order. I once made a group of e-1 & e-3 detail the smoke pit.( they where smokers ) after they return from liberty over an hour late . They had a choice I said they change into there poopy suites and clean at 0100 with flashlights or I call the CDO and we do article 92 and article 15. They choose to clean till 0600. They never return late again
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