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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What Would You Do
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Make the rest of the platoon suffer and make the smart mouth watch. Generally, the platoon will get tired of it and square him away. Later, I'd give the private a counseling session to go in their file.
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Give them one more chance to obey command. If not dress him down in formation. Cannot have a breakdown in discipline or refusal to follow chain of command. If continues use use progressive discipline.
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Honestly, this guy needs to get burned. Not in public, discuss what his malfunction is, tell him why it's wrong and slap on some extra pt. If it becomes a habit, then a little humility needs to be taught.
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"God help me private, if you don't do as I say I swear I will shove that assignment straight up your asshole and have it come out your ears"
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Wow! That's some brave E-2! After a year in service that Pvt knows chain of command so needs to be brought out firmly in front of troops. I would advise that he was told not asked to do a job. If he still refused he needs to go speak to officer in charge n face disciplinary action. If you are given a job you have to do it. No ifs and buts about it. Or has Army changed that much?
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