Posted on Jan 10, 2014
Should an NCO receive an impact award for failing to perform his/her duties as a leader?
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The two are separate issues.
If they can't perform as a leader, or in their MOS, then leadership should consider an administrative reduction and/or flag.
If the Soldier has accomplished something noteworthy, then they should be considered for an award.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Take for example, a Soldier that performs poorly as an NCO, but is an outstanding athlete and gets selected as an All-Army Athlete... or a Soldier that lacks interpersonal skills, but finds themselves in a situation where their heroics save the life of a person.
Given, if a NCO is a PAC clerk and doesn't know the difference between a DA 543 and the ID10T form, but can perform CPR... a reclass might be in order.
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CW2 Evans is absolutely right, that is two separate issues.
If that NCO actually gave up on a soldier, that NCO needs to go through the
reduction board back to SPC. Everyone knows as an NCO you NEVER EVER give up on
your soldiers no matter how bad the issues can be. As an NCO you don’t have the
luxury to pick and choose who you want to train and mentor. You grab that
soldier and you do everything in your power to take care of that soldier and
bring them to were you need them. That's the bottom line.
If the NCO gets an impact award for
something completely different then that NCO obviously did something right and
earned that award.
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