Retired E8-E9, should your status be used as a bully platform?

Retired is not a rank and being a previous Sr NCO this person should understand this. I would tell him to write his Congressman and don't discuss this with me again. This person must not understand how much harder life will be for the child as well. Once everyone finds out about this crap everyone looks at him/her differently.

That’s a hard no 1SG. I just got done chaptering an individual last week who’s father is a CSM.

Just because you share the same name as someone who’s done great things doesn’t mean you can get a pass for being a megaturd.

I have never had any retired senior enlisted interfere in any way. I have had one retired commissioned officer from a different service try. Try being the operative word.

Short story: In Boot Camp, one of the recruit's dad was a Marine Colonel (still serving). To his credit, the recruit never thought about invoking Dad's name. But we knew about him.

Night before graduation, we were told no showers. The recruit was caught taking one early that morning and was fired from being a Squad Leader.

Graduation is complete and we meet the Colonel. He's in civilian clothes (he wanted it to be his son's day) and asks about his son being in the last rank, instead of up front. When he found out, he went right to the Drill Instructors...and thanked them...for doing the right thing (minus the NJP). Then he told his son how lucky he was not to be facing "office hours"

No way in H.E. double hockey stick

It is the army, where all animals are created equal, some are just more equal than others.

No. The child joined of their free will, they don’t get special privileges.

The commander is responsible for ensuring no one is put in this situation.

Sht! I do not know how this person (E8,E9) raised their kid, but if I called my father and cried about having to deploy in my first unit, he would not of called, he would of drove there, kicked my ass, and through me on the first plane leaving himself. Maybe daddy (E8,E9) should step back and not try to influence anything, in most cases that just causes resentment among peers and eventually he gets put into his place like "I do not give a rats ars who your daddy is, go clean the latrine, sweep, mob, and take the trash out Mr. Daddies boy since doing your job is to scary for you". And his career has already started off as a little cry baby anyway so good luck the rest of the way.

I’d want my child to thrive and be put to the test with his fellow warriors...my son is 5 months old, and I often wonder how his mother especially would handle it. Obviously I’d never want the unthinkable to happen....but is it wrong that id WANT him in the suck?

I'd love to know the outcome of this. Personally, my own father is too passive-aggressive to outright meddle, but he did try to influence my decisions by nagging at me a lot.

Sounds like NEPOTISM.