Should Officers be allowed to use first names and have hands in pockets around Enlisted Soldiers?

When did all this start??? Hand in the pockets was never allowed when I served and it was hardly an issue back then, I guess its all just been sliding down hill due to the amount of articles this forum produces about it. Soldiers dont take the military seriously because the leaders dont. As far as 1st name basis goes, only my commander was ever allowed to call people by their 1st names and very rarely did it. If the person out ranked you the title was always used no matter what if you were in a work related setting.When we got together after duty hours it was left to the discretion of the person as to whether or not they liked 1st names and that was respected. Whats going on in todays Military???

How long has the hands in the pockets reg been around? I can remember when being in Instructor School at Jackson to get my 05B4H Instructor MOS, in the late 1960s, being told to keep my off hand in my pocket to keep superfluous motions from distracting students.

That is very much a "do as I say not as I do" mentality, and it's unprofessional. So, no.

I am a Staff Sergeant. I have interacted with civilians who by pass my rank and call me "Martin". I didn't like that. I felt uncomfortable with a civilians either having lacking respect or being down right ignorant. So I educated them, "Mr. Martin, William, or SSG Martin". Please select one. I have only met a few civilians who had a problem with that but I didn't do any sort of business with them until they conformed.

First names, yes. Hands in pockets? unless you are fishing for a key. Otherwise go SF where the little stupid rules don't apply.

My thought process on hands in pockets:

1. We have humans in the Army.
2. We forge them into Soldiers and set high standards.
3. A lot fail to meet the standard. Any standard. Most are making the effort to meet the standard, at least.
4. Some Soldiers, though, (or humans) are kinda weird.
5. Like, you know, weird.
6. Hand in pocket + weird= ???
7. Please no hands in pockets.

I believe that when it comes to names, officers should be like all decent human beings. Ask and call a person by what they prefer. When speaking to a peer or subordinate, asking them their name preference is a means of showing you actually care about how they like be referred to. If you simply call everyone by their last name despite being asked to call them by their first name or something else, it sends the message that you don't care what they think / want / feel. No one should have their hands in their pockets around anyone as per AR 670-1. If I have my hands in my pockets, I want enslisted Soldiers to call me out on it and cite the reg. That being said, many officers and some senior non commissioned officers will get pissed off at you and cite their rank and various forms of "Foxtrot Uniforms" The point of all regulations is to enforce standards and discipline. Though I believe that many regulations are silly or downright pointless, it is my job to uphold standards as it is yours. You can always point out that violating regulations is an article 92 for the offender, though they'll probably laugh you off.

Standards are standards and no one is exempt, no matter what rank. hands should not be left in pockets by any one no matter rank the only exception is to quickly recover something from the pocket

what I was taught as far as first name bases and hands in pocket there is a time and place for that along with respect.

Hands in pockets = cold/cool = weak/nasty