What are the rules and regulations on only having soldiers pull weekend duty? (Staff Duty, CQ, etc.)

2017-03-30T23:11:03-04:00

^^My original question was edited I guess. I am the S3 Schools NCO and I have no major events to attend, the roster for EOC is made by the S3 NCOIC, CQ by company training room NCO. Rosters usually come out a few days prior to the 1st... There are 23 NCO's available for CQ Roster, 97 available for Staff Duty. Whenever I come down on the Roster it is always a weekend, usually 3 times a month. This has been almost a monthly occurrence since I arrived to the Unit July16.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2017 11:43 PM

2017-03-30T23:43:24-04:00

How are you placed on duty. How are you informed about that duty. Who else is available for duty. How long has this been going on for and has there been any major events with you or the unit. I have a lot of questions before I can give you a good answer.

Response by CWO4 Tim Hecht made Mar 30 at 2017 11:56 PM

2017-03-30T23:56:00-04:00

Gee Wes who did you piss off?
How many people are qualified and in the watch rotation? There was a time, when I was a CWO4 with 28+ years and had to stand a one in three rotation because there were only two others besides myself who was qualified to stand the watch.

If there are more then an adequate number of qualified watch standers and you're consistently being stuck with a Friday or Sunday duty day but are only standing duty three days a month count your blessings...If you're standing more then those three days a month and others aren't "sharing the wealth" with you I'd run it up your chain of command and ask why...

Like I said - one in three meant 10 duty days a month...

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2017 1:39 PM

2017-03-31T13:39:53-04:00

I would ask to see the DA-6. If your unit is just randomly (or intentionally) assigning people to duty, that's definitely not within regs. Respectfully ask to see the DA-6 and if you are refused, use the Open Door Policy. If that doesn't work, consult the Inspector General (IG).

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2017 6:50 PM

2017-04-01T18:50:52-04:00

If your unit is doing the roster properly, there is no reason why you should have a weekend duty 3 times in the same month, your number resets after every duty you pull, so unless there's only 3 NCO's available, you should not see another weekend until every available NCO has done said duty.

Response by SSgt Dan Montague made Apr 2 at 2017 2:02 PM

2017-04-02T14:02:16-04:00

Not sure why anyone would pull duty 3 times a month. However, i found myself pulling Sat and holiday duty every time the roster came out. I I only had it monthly so it wasn't too bad. After a few months I was a bit tired of it. I went to the company gunny who did the roster and pointed it out to him. He didn't realize that was happening and corrected it immediately. My point is, you need to tactfully bring it up to your SNCO. Maybe they don't pay close attention to who is on what days.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jun 25 at 2018 5:49 PM

2018-06-25T17:49:57-04:00

probably to keep from losing you only 1 duty day, not 2.

Response by MAJ Ronnie Reams made Jul 28 at 2020 5:16 PM

2020-07-28T17:16:53-04:00

In my company clerk days I maintained the DA-6s for KP, CQ, CQ runner, etc. There were DA-6s for each duty for Weekdays and Weekends. Persons eligible to do a duty were on both DA-6s. Only adjustment made by Top was for consecutive days, as in you had, for example, KP on Sunday on the weekend 6 and Monday on the weekday 6.