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User "NoooUGH" posted this originally on Reddit.

What are the most ridiculous punishments you've seen?
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MSgt Niclas Svensson
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My favorite was an Airman that failed to salute an LT (back in the day when the AF had the small velcro name/rank patch instead of sewn on rank insignia).

LT decides to "train" said Airman by making him salute 100 times.

Col. walks up in the middle of the training session and asks LT what's going on. LT tells Col. what happened and what he is having the Airman do.

Col. looks at LT and says:
"I don't see you returning those salutes LT... "
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SSgt Margaret McBreairty
SSgt Margaret McBreairty
10 y
Actually, this happened to me. We had an AF Lt. That never saluted back. Finally one day I said that I would not salute. The Airman with me did salute but in typical fa d hi on the Lt. Did not acknowledge. The Lt. Went back to our office and complained to my Major. When the Major learned the truth of the situation, he asked me to try it one more time. I promise you he saluted every Airman AFTER That encounter.
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Sgt Martin Akeke
Sgt Martin Akeke
10 y
HOO FUCKIN RAH SMAJ some buttrbars don't know their job is actually to listen to senior enlisted and officers and learn
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Sgt Dale Briggs
Sgt Dale Briggs
>1 y
Lol, a LT calling out a Sgt Major, yup that ends well junior.
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CSM Charles Hayden
CSM Charles Hayden
>1 y
During AIT, I saluted the window of a door that was in front of me until the Cadre got tired! DUMB!!
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CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner
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When I voluntarily attended BCT at the lovely, picturesque Fort Dix, NJ, a fellow Soldier killed a mosquito while we were supposed to be at attention. The Drill Sergeant ( a.k.a the devil incarnate), made him dig a grave, 6 feet by 3 feet, and 6 feet deep. After he buried the bug, the DS said he had to erect a tombstone and asked what sex the mosquito was. Since he did not know he had to dig it up to check. Obviously the Soldier never found it, but he decided to kill another one and claim it was the first. The DS screamed he knew this was not the first one, so the Soldier had to dig a second grave too!
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MAJ Judge Advocate
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10 y
Hilarious!!
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SPC Jennifer Riley
SPC Jennifer Riley
10 y
CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner - my dad was stationed at Bad Tolz
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CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner
CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner
10 y
SPC Jennifer Riley - was he in the SF group, or Cadre at NCOA?
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PO1 Sanford Snyder
PO1 Sanford Snyder
5 y
Mr. Connor, in case you didn't know, your Drill Sargent didn't create the response he used, he copied it. Same situation occurred in the 1957 movie "The D.I.", staring Jack Webb. Tho the burial portion was a humorous addition.
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CPT Civil Affairs Officer
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Punishments? No that doesn't exist in our Army :). However, we do have a lot corrective training methods. Can't think of anything funnier. Glad it wasn't me :)
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SSgt Gary Hendershot
SSgt Gary Hendershot
10 y
When I was in, we had wall to wall counseling. It wasn't kind or gentle, but it was effective.
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PV2 Jacob Goodwin
PV2 Jacob Goodwin
10 y
You're Corporal, it's spelled you're. And that is why YOU'RE not ready for the Army yet.
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SPC Joseph Fisher
SPC Joseph Fisher
10 y
I wonder what his ASVAB score was?
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SPC Scott Domogalla
SPC Scott Domogalla
>1 y
SPC Joseph Fisher - I do not know what his ASVAB score was; but I bet it was in crayon.
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Private at basic left his weapon unattended. This is what he got in return.
SSG Stacy Worley
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As a Drill Segeant, my favorite corrective action in that case was to field strip the weapon and give one piece to each DS in the company. The offending private then had to "buy back" each part from the DS. I never had a repeat offender.
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SPC Jim Knight
SPC Jim Knight
10 y
For push ups
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SSG Stacy Worley
SSG Stacy Worley
10 y
LTC Michael Hrycak - It gave the trainee to get the lesson of weapon security reinforced in a variety of ways by involving the entire training cadre.
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SSG Stacy Worley
SSG Stacy Worley
10 y
SPC Jim Knight - And situps, and mountain climbers, and.... LOL
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SPC Private First Class
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10 y
I had this same thing happen to a pvt in my platoon
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PVT Andrew Burd
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PVT Andrew Burd
PVT Andrew Burd
10 y
Yep... Gomer Pyle. So ugly he could be a modern art masterpiece.
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PO1 Mark Thomas
PO1 Mark Thomas
10 y
SGT Rick Ash - it is the scene from full metal jacket
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LCpl Clifford Osborne
LCpl Clifford Osborne
10 y
Yeah. Full Metal Jacket was a great movie and reminiscent of Parris Island training EXCEPT for the fact that Gomer had not one stray round from the rifle range, but a full magazine of Full Metal Jacket 7.62 mm life-takers in his possession. His platoon would never have left the rifle range until every piece of brass was turned in. So how did this happen guys? Semper Fi to you all, and Hoooaahhh to you Army boys out there. God love you all.
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PVT Andrew Burd
PVT Andrew Burd
>1 y
LCpl Clifford Osborne - probably the same way he snuck a jelly donut into the barracks :D
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SSG Electronics Technician (Et)
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We had a guy who was always in trouble. Just doing dumb stuff, always receiving counseling a and corrective training. One day he thought he was slick and went to the docs. He did something to convince the doc to give him a "no more than 5 minutes of direct sunlight" profile. Kid thought he had it made; a "no sunshine" profile. Next time he messed up he pulled that out. After a quick call to the doc, 1SG handed him a broom, had him stand just inside a shaded area, and use the broom to "sweep away the sunshine." I've seen a lot of good ones in the last 19 years but sweeping away the sunshine was my all time favorite.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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10 y
Sweeping away the sunshine.....IVE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT ONE
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MAJ Judge Advocate
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10 y
I am crying so hard!!
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CPL Ray Kahler
CPL Ray Kahler
9 y
This is my very first reply on Rally Point. "Sweeping away the sunshine." When I read that, I laughed so hard I almost hurt myself!
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SGT Mark Halmrast
SGT Mark Halmrast
>1 y
Outstanding!
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SPC Raul Santiago
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I was on a 10 mile road march! The platoon sgt. said "Smoke them if you got them" so I did but flick it when I was done. Passing by me as I flick it was the Batt. CMS. Guest who pick up butts for the rest of the march. Yup! Till This day I have never flicked a bud almost 20 years later!!! Regrets none!!!
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LCpl Peter Gamel
LCpl Peter Gamel
10 y
STILL put them in my pockets. Wife HATES that.
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Cpl Shawn Halloran
Cpl Shawn Halloran
10 y
same here , keep finding them in the washer because I forgot to empty pockets...
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CSM Charles Hayden
CSM Charles Hayden
>1 y
Latest wife really got pissed if I hadn’t emptied my pockets before putting them in the laundry! Great training! I still check them 11 years later!
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SSG Warren Swan
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It would be funnier if he had to do rifle drills with this thing.
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PFC Infantryman
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Big Bertha
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SPC James Seigars
SPC James Seigars
10 y
Apparently this soldier is enjoying his corrective training judging by the smile on his face. Maybe his DI should have made him do actual rifle drills or pt with it to better get his point across.
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SGT Rick Ash
SGT Rick Ash
10 y
This is the best "corrective action" I have ever seen. I have to wonder where the DI's found that monster!
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MSG Signal Support Systems Specialist
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10 y
That is called a "BAW" Big A$$ Weapon. We had one in every Company when I was a Drill Sergeant and, yes, we made them do Drill and Ceremony with it.
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SGT Mark Halmrast
SGT Mark Halmrast
>1 y
Love it!
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PV2 Robert Uherek
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Drill Sgt asked me if I was good with small engines, I said yes and mowed half of ft Leonard wood Missouri.
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SMSgt Jeannine Pratt
SMSgt Jeannine Pratt
10 y
I was asked in BMT if I could cut hair, I told the TI no and added stupidly "My sister took cosmetology in school." "Good enough, now for all you trainees whose hair is out of regs, line up-Swinyer is giving you a trim." and the TI handed me scissors that were not made for cutting hair......needless to say, after that day-NO ONE's hair was out of regulation!
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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10 y
SMSgt Jeannine Pratt - Must have been some gnarly looking scissors.
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PO3 Walter Mansell
PO3 Walter Mansell
10 y
Oh, you poor bastard. Thank you for sharing that. I think I was lucky. I think I probably should have received a little of that sort of training.
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SPC Joey Reynolds
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In 07' at Ft Benning I saw a private MOPING THE GRASS, water bucket and all !!!!
That was his "corrective training" for walking on the grass
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SGT Mark Halmrast
SGT Mark Halmrast
>1 y
No words.
Anyone who has not experienced basic would never undwrstand the brilliance of that one.
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SPC(P) Warren Soriano
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During a field problem at Ft. Polk, an E5 "lost" his weapon during the night while he was asleep. The chain of command was furious. ENDEX was called, the rest of the company was called to this site to search for the missing weapon. We were given machetes to hack through the dense forest, the engineers were called to bulldoze all trees that were under a certain size. E5 was getting grilled by CID (and got an Article 15), and we spent the next four weeks hacking away. BN CO would show up and chew-out our CO almost daily - he became a chain smoker (nice guy too). In the end, an 11B who was in our AO was arrested trying to pawn the weapon. The few acres we cleared... Kisatchie National Forest. Our BN training budget was used for the fines, and every field problem for the rest of the fiscal year we cruised to in our LPC (leather personnel carriers). Punishment all around! Good times... good times...
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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10 y
damn.
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SGT Mark Halmrast
SGT Mark Halmrast
>1 y
"...he became a chain smoker."
Says it all.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
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Love it, I found a rifle in truck this summer at AT, had fun with the owner. Don't think he liked the conversation I had with his 1SG.
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SGT William Howell
SGT William Howell
10 y
I have found a rifle like that once. I has a scavenger hunt with rifle pieces.
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PO2 Zeek Tomczyk
PO2 Zeek Tomczyk
10 y
We had operation Delta going on in Cubi Pt./Subic Bay back in 90.
3rd Recon was attached toour react team. A female AN was attached to ASF.
We were pulling watch as a few sacked out. AN Hines decided to ask Sgt. Vasquez why the Marines slept while holding their rifle.
He instructed that they would be killed by their own weapon if not. Airman Hines quietly walks over to a Recon Marine that was sleeping 15 ft from me ,and like the tooth fairy,lifted said weapon from the Cpl..
He spent the next 2 days doing sleep drills on command.
It was funny at first,but I got sick of watching an AN revel in his embarrassment.
The evening chow hall laughed at this Marine as the order "sleep" was called everytime he'd go to drink or eat.
This was a field Marine. I gave him credit for playing along with enthusiasm.
Go 3rd Recon!!
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SGT Ryan Cox
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I had a young PVT that decided to drink and drive the night before a field excercise. He called me when it happened. A few Sgts and myself went up to where he had wrecked. I told him he had only 2 options: 1 I call the police and go through all that noise or 2 he belonged to me for 24 hrs. This kid low crawled until he wore a hole in his Kevlar cover. We were careful and made sure we took care of him physically but he went through 24 hours of the harshest "corrective training" I had ever see in my time in. He was barely able to stand at the end. But that soldier stood up and said thank you to each one of the NCOs that assisted me. That kid is now a SSG and well on his way to make E-7.
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SSG Platoon Sergeant
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The good days when you could choose between Pain or Paperwork. Saved a lot of good military careers.
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SFC Chad Sowash
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If they lose a canteen they carry a 5 gal water jug and if they leave their wall locker unsecure they pack everything in a duffle bag, secure it and carry it on their back. You should try and provide lessons which run parallel with the infraction. The big weapon is right in line with that thinking.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
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Now that's some heavy shit, you know what I mean? Wait until he sleeps with that bastard!
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LTC Michael Ennabe
LTC Michael Ennabe
10 y
David,
I could not see anything past the title of this message.

Where's the beef? ( smile)
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SFC William Clark
SFC William Clark
10 y
Or he gets it "dummy" corded to himself until someone else does the same thing or the NCO says that's enough.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Sgt David G Duchesneau
10 y
He is holding a big ass M-16, I mean BIG! It's just as tall as he is.
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SGT Ordway Van Hee
SGT Ordway Van Hee
10 y
At least he will have a constant reminder of what he did every time he looks at what he is carrying while he's running
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CW2 Information Systems Technician
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outstanding
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SSgt William Brown
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Back in the Mid 90's the third shift or early morning (see 0 dark thirty) crew came upon a Security Cop sleeping on the flight line. We were able to disassemble his weapon remove the firing pin and return it to the car he as driving. We then located his supervisor and gave him the pin. Never did find out what happened.
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CPT Russell Pitre
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You play stupid games and you win stupid prizes.
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Sgt Cody Dumont
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I lost a canteen and had to carry a ammo can filled with sand everywhere. Runs, church, chow everywhere. Never lost anything again. Good lesson.
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