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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PO1 Jose Ramirez
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I will bring him to an office with another Supervisor and talk tontje person find out what going on, why he is refusing tondonthe staff and find out thats going on in his personal life that could be effecting his judgment. I will remaind her or her what he duties are and what will be the concicuenses for not following an order, hopefully they will follow the order after that, if not i will advice my Superior of the situation regardless if he or she does the task or not.

If the choose to do the task, i will make sure the understand and the know how to execute the task by either assigning some one that can assist in the process and training and at tue end of the task i will verify if the job is completed properly at that time i can either praise or train the person depending on the completed job.
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Lizzie Grey
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Handle it swiftly and in a way that everyone in formation "gets it". If something doesn't get handled immediately, and if it's not perfectly clear the first time, it's pretty useless.
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John Gann
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When I joined the army 1984,was thought to do what your told,pay attention to detail,because if you don't it could cost you,your life and the lives of my platoon. YOU have people joining the military that has no respect for their own self.This is no free ride.A punch in the throat want leave a mark.If you disrespect that's what happens. We as U.S. Soldiers set examples.Not made of one!
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LTC Orlando Illi
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I would tell them once that they are out of line and that they will do as ordered. If they persisted I would stand them at attention, dismiss the formation and immediately bring them before the 1SG/CO with a recommendation to convene an Article 15 hearing. I would recommend that the individual spent the next two weeks on extra duty, lose a stripe and lose $150.00. If they still persisted in their imbecilic behavior - I would recommend that the individual be subject to a Chapter 14 . There is no room for impertinence or insubordination in the military - PERIOD. If you don't understand that - don't enlist. There are no safe spaces, no teddy bears and no pacifiers. Either perform your duty or pay the price.
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PO3 Rick Cisneros
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Can you say "BILGES"? Time to take a tour into the bilges and DIVE, DIVE, DIVE !! This puke and a couple others should do the trick. You don't have to kill the whole heard, just kill a couple in front of the heard.
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LCpl Robert Eschenko
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In the corp I came from , this boot would have been picking his sorry ass up off the deck.My platoon picked up 4 or 5 guys who just could not get there shit in one sack. They never did make it to the fmf, and once there you did what you were told to do or you ended up in an nco meeting at 1630.
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MSgt Chino Colis
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"Quarter deck now, yous!" And commence the thrashing!!!
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LCpl Metal Worker
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Probably slay everyone for his deficiencies the next morning at pt then explain in front of his leadership why we just slayed ourselves then I'd let his leadership work on him if there is no change then you pull his leadership aside and council him and the E2 before the E2 screws his own career
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SSG John Haines
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With today's restrictions , hard to figure how to handle. Perhaps some training on how to beat whatever he was holding to the ground to the "position" a few times,,,as well as the rest of the barracks. Done enough times hie squad would show him how to curbhis mouth
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SFC Dental Assistant/Hygienist
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You bring him back during the weekend for corrective training .
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A1C Steve Neylon
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The fresh E2 is in violation of insubordination and his reactive and inappropriate response must be dealt with immediately. Not only will he openly receive "re-direction" from the E-5, our bigmouth E2 will be assigned extra duty to "reflect" on his language and behavior; and how he is a distraction to the mission and his team.
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PO2 Steve Ramsay
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The brig.
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Joseph Walsh
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The whole platoon would be doing a ten-mile hike in fullback and gear. While he got this sit in the barracks waiting for it want to come back eating Cheerios.
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Joseph Walsh
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Well this is what happens when your smart phone gets the best of you.
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Joseph Walsh
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Let the platoon handle the infection.
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SPC Joshua Bush
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You would need to show the others you mean business and tell him with more authority and get in his face more. Nip it in the butt before the rest his peers think they can get away with that kind of disrespect also
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Steven Smith
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"That was an order. Carry it out. Now!"
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Wow...
I believe I would carry on giving details, have the SL/LS whatever applies and the E2 standby. Explain my intentions to the SL and from there demand an explanation to the E2 failure to follow a lawful order and the disrespect to an NCO.
Maybe the E2 has something going on that needs addressed, don't misunderstand the disrespect still needs to be addressed but an NCO looks out for theirs and needs all the details. After that their life is going to be noticeably harder until the attitude improves or they're separated.
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Cpl Mike Redfern
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Have pfc report to CO's office...recommend him for court martial for disobeying a order...have CO put the fear of god into him
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PO1 Randall Stephens
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As an NCO you can't punish but you can counsel and find out the cause. Sure I could work his ass off but most times it will just give them a worse attitude. I would get my Divisions officers permission to stop his liberty for a couple of days and if that doesn't work then It is time for the CO to step in and dole out the appropriate punishment for the offense. First off as a work center supervisor aboard ship I am not their friend but their supervisor period. If they are a problem and I can't depend on them then I don't need there bullshit. An order is an order period.If they don't like it well they never should have raised there hand and took the oath to obey all orders given. I served 1975-1995 first in the Army then Navy. When I went in if you mouthed off you would get your ass beaten and it is how it should be now instead of a bunch of cry babies we have now because their parents were shitty raising them and let them get away with everything because they were more concerned about being there friend instead of their parent.
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PO3 Alex Torrella
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I would explain how the COC works and make this individual understand that he is looking at disciplinary measures from that point on. It could result in his/hers getting put out of the military.
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SGT Harry B
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Quick response needed,tell him to fall out and drop
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