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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Well after I got done feeling extremely frisky, I would tell this pvt that he was absolutely correct to not want to do his duty. I would then ask if he was familiar with how I ran my men and use an example, there are many, of someone else who shirked duty and the ensuing result.
Woe and doom on to you my example.
Woe and doom on to you my example.
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Lock him up and let him have it ! NO doubt! The real issue here isn't with this specific situation between this soldier and this NCO, the question is "Why does this soldier have a mind set that allows him to think he can disrespect a NCO when given orders?" It sounds like either that particular NCO had a lock of professionalism that put him in the position, or the Army has changed to the point where that type of behavior has been tolerated. Either way I say Lock his Ass up and let him have it!
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I'd put him as squad leader over his whole squad and tell them they have less than 2 hours to construct a medium girder bridge with flak and Kevlar or else they will be doing it again the next day and see if he talks back again.
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I would write him up so he would face article 15 for failure to follow a law order. This would be the first step. Second step would be to recommend reduction in rank and forfeiture of 3 months pay to the Company Commader.
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Remain after formation with team leader for counseling, if result not satisfactory, formal punishment/consequences
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