How would you react to an E2 who "smart mouths" you in formation?

Personally I'm old school and I believe you have to lead with an iron fist and if you wanna be a smart mouth I'll give you that iron fist and bring you right to attention it's not abuse it's called respect and the soldier with the smart mout would either learn respect and always rember that or he'd go home crying to his mamma

Throat punch

Take him behind the barracks and shoot him. lol!
Actually, he should be punished in front of his fellow troops on the first offense. If he's been insubordinate before, punish his squad with him. They will pressure him to start behaving. If that doesn't work, then it's obvious that a military lifestyle is in-congruent with his perceived lifestyle. His enlistment should then be terminated asap...

HE JUST VOLUTEERED FOR EVERY SHIT JOB I CAN THINK OF!!!!

I would hope that he'd find himself short on stripes quickly.

Give them an ultimatum take the assignment or njp

Fall out to my left, you're right, and await further instruction. Dispatch the rest of the detail. Instruct the soldier to follow me to my office/S1. Write up the appropriate corrective document. Assign additional detail/corrective action that is lawful and does not put the soldier at risk of life limb or eyesight. Soldier agrees or disagrees, which will lead to the execution of corrective action/ additional detail or a review from the soldier's/my superior's authority (which will be approval for corrective action/detail). I will supervise the detail/action. The soldier will complete the detail/action. The soldier will report to me with the completion of detail or action. And then the soldier's performance of detail or action will be reviewed IN DETAIL through verbal and written report. And then we will never have to have this conversation again.

I will tell you what I did. I kicked him hard in the ass. He went on with his career and became a SgtMgr!

We call it a good smoking! A little extra physical activity until the new soldier understands his role, and his leaders role, and how they interact. Could be easy, could be hard, at some point he will understand that he has the choice of how his interaction with is leaders will be. if it continues past the first time, definite counseling and punishment such as article 15.

What's a senior E5?

I would pull him off to the side, make him stand at parade rest, then I would ask him what his malfunction is and set him straight

I would leave his ass in the leanjng rest yull he figured it out. That ass will grt yiu killed by bot listening ...

I punched him. Old Corps

Ooh that would not last long I'd run them to the ground make them do pt for hours!

Way back when I was a "smart mouth" E3 who badmouthed my LPO, Shortly thereafter, Chief Powel took me in the hangar door wells and adjusted my "smart mouth." Lesson learned.

I will remove them from the formation, and myself and several others NCO's will retrain this Fucktard, and help them with their military baring. Or Back in my day. Back a Boot off up there 4th point of contact. Hooah.

I'm about to cancel this. Most of the post are from wah-wah pussies. Get over it. You make rank, you get perks.

Stop it before it spreads to others

Meltdown time, Well, since PVT 2 soon to be a PVT 0, doesn't want his assignment the company will do his PT, Front leaning rest, wait for it, Give me 20 MOVE Knock em out. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY PUSHUPS, RECOVER, PVT 2s soon to be a PVT 0s Squad Leader front & center, it seems your team doesn't want their assignments. I guess they don't want to do PT either so I guess you will have to do them for them. Front leaning rest, wait for it, Give me 20 MOVE Knock em out, RECOVER. Well, PFC soon to be a PVT 0,Tell the Company thank you for doing your PT. YOU WILL DO THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU, WILL DO IT WITH A SMILE, OR I WILL PT YOUR ASS UNTIL YOU DIE. AND USE YOU GUTS TO GREASE THE ROAD WHEELS ON MY TANK. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Company Attention, MOVE OUT. Worked for me when I was acting PLT SGT.

A swift punch in the solar plex