Posted on Oct 16, 2016
How would you react to an E2 who "smart mouths" you in formation?
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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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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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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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Well, back in the day. I would obliterate him verbally then he gets to push dirt until I'm tired
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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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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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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
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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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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