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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I would say it is time for a blanket party. We are trained as a team ,one unit if one team member fails we all do. Especially in combat it could cost the life one of your team members.
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As a new E4 and am wanting to become an NCO in the future, I would ask him to stay behind after formation and remind him that we all as soldiers have jobs to do, these jobs help the machine run, if one cog refuses to spin then the machine comes to a standstill. Of course the dirtiest of jobs aren't really desired but they must be done in order for missions to be completed. Its for the greater good of the team. Now if the soldier had continued to refuse? Then of course corrective action must be taken and a DA 4856 must be written out. This kind of behavior especially in front of a Platoon is completely unacceptable. The punishment should fit the crime. I would have him write a 5 thousand word essay on disrespecting an NCO.
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SGT Randall Smith
WOW, you are going to explain to him every thing he should have been taught in Basic Training and AIT. Then have him write an essay. Why not have him go stand in the corner and promise to be nice. No my friend, this is Article 15 time. Restrict him to base for a couple of weeks and take some of his pay, he will remember then.
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When I was inTheMilitary, things where totally different. There was wall to wall consultation. Also a Matter of Respect
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I would call them into my area for a private conversation and they would do what I told them to do. And they also would do extra duty on lybo days for their disrespect. And then if they continue they would get NJP.
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It is hard for me to answer this question, in my military career I never had anyone disrespect me or disobey my instructions, but IF it would happen, I would take the individual aside and council him on his lack of judgement and give him a chance to correct his mistake. If he still failed to act I would request NJP charges be filed on him for Disobedience of a lawful order issued by a NCO. You have to take action immediately. Failure to take action in your part will affect the moral and discipline of your unit. You have to show your troops that in peace or combat you are incharge and your orders no matter how insignificant they may seem to you.
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Find the reasoning for the insubordination and evaluate. If the reasoning is flawed then explain and smoke his ass and counsel him. If the insubordination continues cause of his butt being hurt, hurt his pocket with a Article 15. He then will fall in line.
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Who joins the Military and mouths off to a Superior?? An idiot son of an asshole!? Im dumbfounded how PFC dipshit thought this was a viable remark without any physical repercussions.
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