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

I agree with Gunny Pepper

I'm going to explain ship them out smoke his ass like I said no Prophet has right to question and ncos orders when it comes to that point that private Snuffy can question and then Co that's a breakdown of command I am explaining nothing to him that after I smoked his ass anything other than that pardon my French but your a pussy

A drop and smoke his ass until he couldn't talk anymore then I get his ass up put his pack on and give him a nice long run to think about it

I would remind the E2 that as property of the United States military, they no longer have the right to choose what they will or won't do, allow them an extremely brief amount of time to rephrase their jubilation on drawing that particular work detail.

When he is ready to hit the sack I enter the room and call him out for a night mission. He will be sorry the next day.

Pull the Pvt aside in view but private, explain in a direct way that to do as told helps squadmates. Then challenge him too see if that obstinate nature can be taught into a leadership qualities. Never be afraid to question your orders, just do it right.

In my days, 1977 post Vietnam era, I'll correct him there dismiss the squad/platoon and have a few words with him pushing the earth/floor down to

Cpl.USMC Grab his ass by the balls and bring him to his knees. Tell his puke ass if he doesn't do it the worse is yet to come. Semper Fi do or die

What kind of leader were you? Maybe this pvt has gotten the wrong impression about you because you let others slide. Task and discipline must be consistent. Never had trouble like this in my 12 years in. Sometimes they might get lazy, but taking a weekend for training usually got them back on track

bildge diving to clean

If one acts up, then the others will suffer and he'll face his consequences.

absolutely!

Body Slam Time, Have that Mouthpiece think about it,give him about 10 seconds, Then repeat your orders, then tell them ....comply to the orders that I gave you or you will stand before the CO, you're going to lose, restriction, money,loss of rank.

I would smoke the shit out of him for hours on end.

I would dress him down verbally in front of the troops, then have him and his squad leader stand tall after dismissing the other troops. Advise the squad leader how I wanted him to work the disrespect out of him and then send them to do their Task. I would check and ensure on multiple times during the next few hours, days and weeks that they were doing their task together. I would also be rewriting the extra duty assignments to ensure that all the troops as well as E2 mouth and his team leader got all the extra duty they could stand for a couple weeks. After that peer pressure and leadership should stop this kind of disrespect.

Push ups....run laps....everyone......

There's NO EXCUSE, EVER for insubordination. If not nipped early, and mercilessly lives are at risk. Period. There's no place for a snowflake. The way I figure it the parents and boot camp failed the cupcake.

So be it.

I'll fix this shit FAST, belowdecks Ending with my leg snapped off at the knee up cupcakes ass!

Entitled E5...Sound like a bunch of bad@sses on this site....Keyboard commandoes

In the early 1960s, group punishment was often used to straighten out a smart mouthed recruit. Peer pressure got his attention faster than individual punishment.

Throat punch in Bruce Lee style and then some...