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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SFC Craig Canzoneri
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As a 24 year retired NO my y response is more calculated. When I was an E8 during my time in the 82nd Airborne, my soldiers would have seriously changed his attitude fast. Me? Throat punch. Now, give him a stress card and send him to Dr. Snowflake for evaluation. Lol.
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SFC Craig Canzoneri
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*NCO and E5 at time not E8... Lol. Dang smart phone!
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TSgt Edward Krull
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Give everyone extra PT at that moment, council the troop in public. Tell the troops that theyare a team, the weakest link hurts the team, let the troops handle the problem temporarily. If no improvement, kick out.
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CPL Richard Mirandi
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Dishonorable Discharge. Now go tell it to your civilian boss.
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Manuel Vazquez
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Remedial pt, till he cried like a bitch.
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SFC John Clark
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Well, back in the day. I would obliterate him verbally then he gets to push dirt until I'm tired
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1SG(P) Signal Support Systems Specialist
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Well, after I walk away to calm down... He will be in the front leaning position till I'm done with the formation. And then we will talk it out on what's the issue. In my 17 1/2 yrs. Iv found there's something else going on with the troop, if he's acting out. And then go from there, all the way to a AR 15 if that's the case.
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SPC Infantryman
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Smoke him!!!
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PV2 Derek Lewis
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Smoke the he'll out of him. It don't matter what you have going on insubordination is should never be tolerated. When you join any branch of the military you put yourself to ahigher standard than anyone else. It don't matter what's going on you have to keep your head straight. If there is a problem that needs to be addressed pull your nco aside after formation and take care of it. In the military you are professional and insubordination is not.
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1SG Danny Padgett
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Go buy him some ice cream, tell him to go lay on his bunk and take the day off cupcake! One tried that with me as a Drill Sergeant. Guaranteed he regretted it. I gave him more responsibility as, now you are the Squad Leader. Believe me, his platoon buddies got him very squared away.
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1SG Danny Padgett
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Oh, he did a lot of push ups to ensure he was prepared to pass his final Physical Fit test to. At the end, he thanked me for getting him straight.
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CPT Michael Lishchynsky
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Back when I joined, it was called "wall to wall counseling". Another popular move was to punish everyone for sins of a few. Eventually, the sins of the few were taken care of.
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SGT Motor Sergeant
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In my Days I would have just smoked him like a cheap cigar... No questions asked
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Cpl Rob Rader
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Visit from the midnight monster with a Blanket party.
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Cpl Todd Evans
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You make the whole team pay for his lack of
respect and it will get worked out quick.
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PO1 Master-at-Arms
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EMI and candid advice on the side.
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Cpl Chris Woodford
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Throat punch
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PFC Calvin Greathouse
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Make everyone do pushups till ur exasted
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SSG Jason Harig
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In combat everyone is stressed to the max. I do not care what this lower enlisted guy has going on in his personal life. There is no excuse for talking back. You do what you are told when you are told. This saves lives. Behavior like this needs to be curbed immediately. The MILITARY is in the business of war. If you can't hack it you don't belong. The military is getting far away from a combat ready force when their trigger pullers are too sensitive to follow orders. This is not a nice business. Killing people and keeping your troops alive is hard mentally and physically. You need to weed out the ones that are too weak to deal with the rigors of combat. Fix this joker or chapter him.
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SN Tony Philpott
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Shut the fuck up and do your job!!
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TSgt Ralf Berger
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Before or after I kick their asses ?
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CAPT David Cote
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His insubordination was not private. His attitude adjustment therapy shouldn't be either.
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