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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In today's politically correct world, your actions can ruin your career, even if they were the right one. My response would be to lock his heals and tell him to be quiet immediately. Setting the tone for discipline in a unit must be adhered to with all troops present. Then I would dismiss the rest of the unit and deal with the troop with his Team Leader. Leadership is more thank Barking orders, inspiring troops to follow, along with a little fear works well. For those that don't have that fear or discipline, there are great administrative tools to get their attention and or remove them from the service. Having been a private once, and rolled my eyes at my squad leader for something. I remember picking myself up off the ground and determined that maintaining my discipline was a far healthier thing to.do. I cannot say I have not "adjusted" a few attitudes in my day. But the political climate was different in the 80's and 90's. The best leadership advise if received in my career, and I used it for 24 years, " Always be professional, and never make it personal " once you lose your honor, it's almost impossible to get it back.
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I enlisted before Volar came into the picture. I believe in the 'old school' methods! Need I say more?
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If he is going to smart mouth an NCO or Officer in front of the formation, the person on the receiving end has to respond right there to have any credibility with the others. My response as a commissioned officer would be to tell the 1SG to handle it and tell him/her in front of the soldier to let me know if you want him in front of my desk. And if he does come to me, tell him to put his rank in one hand and his money in the other and I will take what I want. But he is guaranteed not to leave my office with all he came in with.
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The sgt should make an point to my te detail more the a little task and tell them they will do or all day PT
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