If you could get rid of one regulation, standard, policy, or procedure, what would it be?

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:09:13 -0500

Response by SGT Joseph Gunderson made Feb 7 at 2018 11:15 PM

SGT Joseph Gunderson — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:15:57 -0500

I would get rid of the promotion board system in favor of something more objective like the testing that the USAF has. There is a lot of favoritism that takes place before and during promotion boards and it just perpetuates a kind of good ol' boy system. I think that an impartial system that measures your knowledge and potential without any personal bias would promote only those that should be promoted instead of the guys and gals that are just really good at making friends.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2018 1:04 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:04:25 -0500

Allow headphones while running in uniform on a track or in a gym.

Response by SPC David Willis made Feb 8 at 2018 9:00 AM

SPC David Willis — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 09:00:17 -0500

Hands in pockets. I fail to see how jamming your hands to down your pants and grabbing your nuts for warmth is somehow more professional than using pockets like lawyers and doctors do all the time.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2018 9:59 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 09:59:26 -0500

Here is my thought.

I would completely change the standard and procedure on how BN and BDE UTBs are conducted. Commanders and 1SGs/Detachment Sergeants spend countless days and hours getting the slide deck updated with all the required information and send it up to highers. Then, all of those Command Teams are brought into one location and get to watch each and every Command Team get ripped apart at the smallest detail. Sure, there are some that their info is locked tight and no concerns or questions are brought up, but those other Command Teams that have issues and concerns and areas that are RED, are nit-picked apart by someone in front of their peers. To me, that is rather embarrassing and not necessary. And, when I was a Preventive Medicine Detachment Sergeant, would I really need to sit there and hear why a COSC has 4 Non DMOSQ or 15 Non Pars? Do I really need to sit and hear about a Med Log company from a different BN within the BDE explain their issues of downed generators and what their fix it plan is? The BN and/or BDE Staff already have the info sent up. The slide decks are created for the BN/BDE Commander. Do we really need to spend the money to bring everyone together so we can be ripped and then told to redo the slide deck and re-submit?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2018 12:53 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:53:47 -0500

haha AR 600-9 because most units don't abide by it anyways so why.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2018 11:52 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:52:47 -0500

Pockets and WELL MAINTAINED Facial Hair

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2018 4:19 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 04:19:26 -0500

The new STEP program! It’s hendering soldiers careers!

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 23 at 2018 3:14 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:14:23 -0500

Facial hair regulation, and the apft run. When do you ever run 2 miles in combat straight???

Response by SPC Scott Mcauley made Jul 28 at 2018 12:24 PM

SPC Scott Mcauley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:24:04 -0400

-10 level vehicle maintenance, now hear me out. I was a 15e/15b and if something broke we had to fix no matter what the maintenance level except for depot of course, so my question if we send mechanics to AIT why should the operator have to perform any maintenance? Like I said if a bird breaks the mechanic must fix it, regardless if it’s -10 or higher...

Response by PV2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2018 4:06 AM

PV2 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 04:06:44 -0400

Headphones and earphones and phone regulations...they don’t really jeopardize the mission when you’re not in a mission so why can’t we use them while walking or anything???

Response by PV2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2018 4:07 AM

PV2 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 04:07:57 -0400

Also the regulation about Hair it’s dumb too and the pocket ones because even some sargeant majors thinks that’s dumb

Response by PV2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2018 4:08 AM

PV2 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 04:08:34 -0400

Oh I’d also like to be able to speak Spanish whenever

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2018 3:04 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:04:11 -0500

Hands in pockets

Response by COL Howard McGillin made Jul 19 at 2020 9:05 AM

COL Howard McGillin — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:05:24 -0400

The Army has an actual regulation that once upon a time said it was illegal for anyone dressed as Santa Claus to fly in an Army helicopter.......

Response by CPO Jeffrey Bohemier made May 25 at 2021 6:09 AM

CPO Jeffrey Bohemier — Tue, 25 May 2021 06:09:57 -0400

I would allow male military personnel to grow a well groomed beard. We’re the only country that thinks that having their military members clean shaven makes for a more professional service. It’s simply NOT true. Actually, many of our younger military members look as though they signed up while in grade school. Having a beard would help make them a bit older. It would also keep our Sailors and soldiers from sorely standing out in areas where there could be even the slightest chance of a threat against them. A beard does NOT make a person look unprofessional unless that beard is unkempt vice being properly groomed. Additionally, we have no problem allowing female warriors to wear makeup, paint their nails, etc…, yet we hold male warriors to a much stricter standard. That’s completely unfair, especially considering that a beard is a physical part of a man’s body, vice make-up which is obviously applied. And then there’s the completely unjustified religious exemption that allows a male is of a certain religion a free pass from being held to the same standards as everyone else. Frankly, that’s blatant religious DISCRIMINATION that shouldn’t be tolerated, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FORBIDS the government from making ANY laws, rules, etc… BASED ON RELIGION. Yet that’s EXACTLY what the military has allowed to happen. It’s a double standard and it’s completely UNJUSTIFIED and frankly, violates the Constitution.

I’ve heard the argument about how gas mask won’t seal with a beard. And there’s some truth to that, but such a beard would be WELL PAST ANY ACCEPTABLE STANDARD of the military to begin with.. I own the same AVON gas mask that’s in current use by the military. I’m also certified for fitting of personal protective equipment, including mask. And I have a beard. My gas mask seals with no issues whatsoever. Not only does it collapse around my face when the filters are removed, but trying to get ANY air past my beard while inhaling strains the muscles in my chest. The mask’s outside ambient air pressure would have to be unrealistically high while the inside ambient air pressure was practically zero in order for anything to get past the seal, even with a well groomed beard. Such an environment simply doesn’t exist anywhere on this planet where a gas mask would be used to begin with. The argument simply doesn’t hold up to reality. The seal on today’s AVON mask is more than adequate to obtain an effective seal, even with a well groomed beard. It’s time we stop making our younger military members continue to look like they’ve been kidnapped from their grade school. If we want our male members to act like the men they’re supposed to be, then perhaps we should allow them to look the part as well. Every other countries’ militaries are allowed to grow beards EXCEPT that of our own. They have the same firefighting and gas mask issues as our own military, yet somehow they’ve managed to allow their members to look like the adults we expect our military members to act