PV2 Private RallyPoint Member4837155<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If we have an E-4 as a squad leader filling an E-5 position could they drop me just like a sergeant could, or would they have to do it with me? I have been getting conflicting responses.What are the rules for an E-4 dropping you?2019-07-22T15:21:26-04:00PV2 Private RallyPoint Member4837155<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If we have an E-4 as a squad leader filling an E-5 position could they drop me just like a sergeant could, or would they have to do it with me? I have been getting conflicting responses.What are the rules for an E-4 dropping you?2019-07-22T15:21:26-04:002019-07-22T15:21:26-04:00SFC Michael D.4837163<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are you in a training environment? If not, I would figure you be getting counseled instead of being dropped.Response by SFC Michael D. made Jul 22 at 2019 3:25 PM2019-07-22T15:25:49-04:002019-07-22T15:25:49-04:00SP5 Peter Keane4837168<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It doesn't matter what insignia he/she wears on the front of their blouse, if they have been given the position of Squad Leader and you are in that Squad, you are required to do anything that is not illegal.Response by SP5 Peter Keane made Jul 22 at 2019 3:27 PM2019-07-22T15:27:06-04:002019-07-22T15:27:06-04:00CPL Gary Pifer4837313<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Focus instead on learning your job... you might be in Iran soon.Response by CPL Gary Pifer made Jul 22 at 2019 4:33 PM2019-07-22T16:33:20-04:002019-07-22T16:33:20-04:00LTC Jason Mackay4837690<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>AR600-20. Just get on downResponse by LTC Jason Mackay made Jul 22 at 2019 6:43 PM2019-07-22T18:43:47-04:002019-07-22T18:43:47-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member4837746<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In my command it is no longer a thing to drop down soldiers they consider it hazing with the new policies.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 22 at 2019 7:07 PM2019-07-22T19:07:09-04:002019-07-22T19:07:09-04:00SPC(P) Chandler Lonergan4837791<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Decades ago that was more of a leadership style. Dealing with the issue now has become the much more prevalent, mental training now. Thanks to an ever-growing knowledge base, just on what is now considered basic psychology learned in high schools, the benefit of that practice works in most cases.<br /><br />HOWEVER, there will always be that head case you can't get through too! Physical training is the most effective for those but make sure you are ready to set the example your willingness, to and join that junior-enlisted person for that exercise session!Response by SPC(P) Chandler Lonergan made Jul 22 at 2019 7:20 PM2019-07-22T19:20:05-04:002019-07-22T19:20:05-04:00CW4 Craig Urban4838230<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why would they drop you? If you are out of line of courseResponse by CW4 Craig Urban made Jul 22 at 2019 9:34 PM2019-07-22T21:34:07-04:002019-07-22T21:34:07-04:00CW3 Stephen Bacon4838771<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Position of authority.Response by CW3 Stephen Bacon made Jul 23 at 2019 2:08 AM2019-07-23T02:08:47-04:002019-07-23T02:08:47-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member4838965<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They're your boss, push.<br />Doesn't matter their rank, when I was an E4 I was a terror. They could be a PFC and if they're you're boss and correcting you, you push.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2019 3:43 AM2019-07-23T03:43:40-04:002019-07-23T03:43:40-04:00PV2 Private RallyPoint Member4841314<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nothing about this post was meant to imply I was opposed to corrective training in this manner. It was simply brought up in discussion and nobody had a hard and fast answer.Response by PV2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2019 5:39 PM2019-07-23T17:39:39-04:002019-07-23T17:39:39-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member4841719<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am an E4 squad leader at the moment, and although I have the authority to "drop" one of my guys, I have only done it once, and it was a pretty big screw up. <br /><br />I prefer to redirect and train them when they are out of regs. <br /><br />Someone on RP once told me " be the leader you would want to lead you" I try to lead with that in mindResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 23 at 2019 8:21 PM2019-07-23T20:21:03-04:002019-07-23T20:21:03-04:00GySgt Kenneth Pepper4843185<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They can. Whether or not they should is another discussion.Response by GySgt Kenneth Pepper made Jul 24 at 2019 9:53 AM2019-07-24T09:53:18-04:002019-07-24T09:53:18-04:002019-07-22T15:21:26-04:00