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

This needs to be stopped immediately with appropriate action.

He would be reported to company commanding officer

Article 15, demote to E1 real quick. Extra Detail for next 6 weeks.

I remember smarting off to an E-5 when I was in my second eight weeks, I got punched in the mouth. Didn't like it but never did it again. The military is different.

"The dismembered, unidentifiable corps of an E2 was found floating at sea today by a fishing vessel. The metal rank insignia was the only unchared piece of uniform left on the body. Investigators believe he smarted of to the wrong NCO."

Set this young man straight immediately and remind him that this is not "His Show"

Do like your ordered

Have him and his battle buddy/ roommate/ or the most squared away PFC in the squad meet me in 5 minutes in bdu's and L.B.E. Explain his buddy (the squared away pfc) just got shot because of his (shithead's) refusal to follow orders and his failure to "shoot, move and communicate" (or do what needs done). Low crawl buddy drag around the batallion until all work details are complete, which will take longer because of 2 less workers. Hot or cold, rain or shine this one drives the message home without ever raising your voice. Then paper counseling. Always leave a paper trail or of there is a next time it's like it never happened and Article 15 is harder.

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As a civilian who comes from a military family, in fact I'm the first out of the last 4, and maybe even more, generations of my family to not join the NAVY. But as the son of an E7 Chief Petty Officer, Ive spent enough growing up on Coronado to know that it is never ok to disobey a direct order from a superior and good things will never come to anyone who thinks it is ok to do so. I don't know much more about the military and the way they do things than what I learned on living on base, but I do know that the last thing anyone would ever want to do if they appreciate whatever privileges they may have is to tell my father (NAVY E7 CPO)(that's Chief Petty Officer for those unfamiliar with rank)absolutely anything he wouldn't be happy to hear let alone disobey a direct order from someone who not only has been walking around the block 10 years for every year the disobedient kid, with obviously no respect, think he's been around the block. But for the most part, obviously there's exceptions as there are with anything but, for example, in the case of my father your not just telling someone who's been serving for the entirety of your naive life to F off, your telling a man, not an adult male of at least 18 years who calls them self a man, but a real man (yes there's a difference) who has more than proven himself not only as a man but as a soldier and not even just a soldier but as a man the way man should be defined...Someone who would selflessly and without question fight and die to protect not only what they believe in, not only their family, but to protect the rights in which we take for granted on a daily basis and to protect the families of everyone in this great country of ours, foriegn and domestic. Your telling a man who again, didn't just earn the title Man, your telling a man who busted his ass to get where he is and has more than earned much more respect you are expected to show... Your telling someone who has (I would hope so anyways if you wish to be Considered a leader of any kind) seen combat On more than one occasion that his orders aren't worth following and you never know, that superior you just might as well have said F U too could and without warning start having a post traumatic episode and it might just be the one where the drill instructor spit in his ear. Kids these days aren't Taught to respect and obey like they were generations before my own and it reflects in our young ones. Everyone has their own opinion on how a situation such as this should be handled...As a 24 Year old kid (notice I didn't refer to myself as a man, only cause I believe the title Man should be exclusively reserved for people like our men and women who so bravely fight to protect our way of living and do so with the expectation of nothing in return) and as an American citizen who has had the pleasure of being part of the worst generation to ever walk the planet. Ive been Blessed with the opportunity to observe the way this great country of mine has evolved over the years and how the way people act and the things people do have also changed weather it's do to immigration and the cultural diversity that is America or maybe it's just the age we live in, I may not know how things really were before my days but I know enough to know that this country isnt what it used to be. We were once a nation united, especially back in the 40s 50s and weve slowly become a nation divided over time. Divided by race, and culture and so much more...All it takes is a little change. Take the time to discipline your children properly....It'll make all the difference in the future...