Posted on Oct 16, 2016
LTJG Ansi Officer
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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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PO3 John Mchale
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Cpl Jackie Gisclar
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Would dismiss everyone except the E2, then I would get Real Close to him and let him know who was in Command! He then would also Not have Liberty for a Week.........Next time it would be Office Hours with the CO!
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MSG Michael McEleney
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Make him/her an E-1
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SGT Chris Hill
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I would have give him the biggest lifetime embarrassment in front of all his comrades by verbally destroying his soul. I would have made him do the stupidest possible things my mind could create.
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SPC Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic
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Smoke them and make an example of them. Then if they continue, put it on paper.
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Jerry Metker Jr.
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New recruits MUST be taught to follow orders. The majority of young people have not had the docipline growing up that many of us older people had. They have to be taught very quickly, that back talking and complaining amd desrespect of a your leaders will not be tolerated!
My brother was punished for eating one donut while on mess duty...
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PO3 Lori Bennett
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You have to punish the entire unit. We were torn down to be built back up as a team in bootcamp. You cannot allow this behavior, or the whole team is screwed on enemy lines.
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Caleb Jean
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Smack him or her across the ungrateful face. It's a honor to serve and be given the opportunity to protect this great nation and be a member of the greatest institution the world knows. United States military.
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SPC Kevin Kovacs
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Smoke that private!!!
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SSG Steve Finlan
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[ Moment of "Calm Before The Storm" silence ]... "Platoon (squad, detachment, whatever) .. att-TEN-SHUN! Private Snuffy, who's your battle buddy/roommate?"
"uh... Simmons, Sergeant?"
" Private Simmons. You have YOUR task, and Boy Wonder's task now."
"Yes, Sergeant." [mutters]
"Private Snuffy: stand fast. All others: FALL OUT!"
[ another moment of silence ... or three.. or five.. ]
"Private Snuffy, stand at ease. You have an attitude problem, and it is my job to adjust that. So, you find yourself faced with options. Your first option is, learn to stop running your suck, and learn your left and right boundaries. There is a pecking order. You are at the bottom of it. There are regulations for a reason. You will learn this. FM 7-21 is your new best friend. You will find a copy, or you will download it to your phone. I don't care. You will read it. You will provide me with a report, no more than five pages, no less than three pages, on the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of a soldier. You have 48 hours to comply. You will have said FM with you at ALL TIMES until otherwise directed. Hooah? You also just got yourself gate guard for tonight. Report to the CQ at 1800 in the proper uniform. Or, your second option: I put you in front of the CO for a company grade Article 15 right now. Your choice."
"I think I'll take the report, Sergeant..."
"THINK?"
"I'll take the report, Sergeant."
"Out F**ing Standing. Atten-shun! Go link up with your squad. Unass my AO. MOVE."
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SFC Louis Willhauck, MSM, JSCM, and ARCOM
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Let me simply say it would be the LAST time he/she did it! I can think of a few dozen ways to do this, but perhaps my favorite one would be to leave them standing at attention until they collapsed (while I was busy with the CO doing up papers on them.)
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SP6 Glen Morales
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PT him or her till their legs and arms fell off them if that didn't work take him out back teach him the meaning of respect
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CPL Robert Guthrie
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When you are given an order you follow it. When a simple order like this is challenged it is a red flag. We k ow as service men and women past or present that we can be ordered to do borrible things. During the course of carrying out those orders it may result in our death, but we except that. So if your not ready to except that and follow orders big or small then you have no business in the military because when your put to the test you will fail and may cost you your life or the lives of your brothers and sisters. AATW
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SGT S2 Intelligence Nco
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Wall to wall counseling? I didn't see or hear anything. LOL
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SGT Motor Transport Operator
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I would tell them either do as I tell you or they will get wrote up with a rank reduction and extra duty
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SSgt Kent Vickery
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I was an E4 working on my helicopter when a fresh E2 walked up. I told him to hand me a wrench. He told me that he didn't work for me. I then stopped looked him in the eye and said "first things first,hand me the wrench. Then we will fix the other problem". After finishing the task at hand I told him to follow me. We walked into the maintenance chiefs office. Chief looked up and said "hey Vic what's up". I said this guy is mine. Cheif says ok he belongs to you. I turn looked the new guy in the eye and said now you work for me. Never had a bit of problems with him after that. Turned out to be a good troop.
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SPC Horizontal Construction Engineer
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personally speaking when I was an E2 I would bitch but never to the command and I would suck it up. Now what should be done. Grab your battles smoke his ass until he can't move. Then give him some fancy paperwork for being a smart ass punk
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SP5 Jan Thompson
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Full pack 10 mile run night run for everyone. Let them straighten him out.
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LCpl Motor Vehicle Operator
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Private _________ you are ordered to ( whatever he assignment he was given), then give out the rest of the assignments and dismiss them. Then just follow up and check if he/she did it. What's the problem? He/she was given a direct and lawful order. The order was either obeyed or disobeyed. If it wasn't then you write them up. What happens after that is up to company 1st Sgt and CO. It hasnothing to do with you after that. They will decide what to do and let you (and he/she) know what is going on. Am I missing something?
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SSG Bill McLaughlin
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Had a similar situation back in '92, had to make an example out a one disrespectful SPC. Even after several counseling sessions, was forced to 'cut our losses'and have one chartered out and all the rest feel in line. Turned out to become one of the better groups in the unit
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