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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Send his ass to the pit for a few hours... that or ahitnag gets every detail until he gets out
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I would immediately take him to the C.O. and ensure he was charged with insubordination and failure to follow orders. You might also go for conduct unbecoming. I'm sure a reduction in rank, a monetary penalty and a little time in confinement wouldn't hurt either.
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Drop the whole formation, 50 plus push ups, and let the soldiers deal with him or her, why should an NCO always do the dirty work..Peer pressure is a B****
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I'd tell the E-2 to stand at "parade rest" and remain at that position every time they address me. In the mean time I'd get inventive for some corrective training to help young joker remember how the pecking order works. Maybe even give a class on rank structure to their teammates. Yelling doesn't work on every individual but when they know there is a document describing their behavior that usually gets their attention. Does this E-2 get counselled a monthly performance by chance?
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It's been a long time since I was in, but my answer is the same as both enlisted and an officer. I go tell the Gunny. The problem goes away. I don't ask, he don't tell. The problem just goes away.
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When I first joined in the late 70's, closed door wall-to-wall counseling was in use for the most severe cases of a repetitive nature. Spontaneous cases like above would guarantee shit detail for a week or more until re-education was established. Today a counseling statement and possible UCMJ non=judicial punishment would be in order if the soldier does not improve his attitude. One thing for sure, never make a threat to the soldier you can't carry out. Sure way to lose credibility.
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