Posted on Jan 7, 2016
What would you do if your Sergeant didn't know how to load a magazine?
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I just saw this video and felt like I was watching a multi-car accident on the interstate. It just got worse as it went on. What made it so bad as this was a SGT. The Safety was professional as he could be. Hats off to him. When I heard her say "I'm not Active Duty" I would have kicked her off the range. I am glad the Safety told her that she was a soldier and that he was a reservist too. If I was her CO I would have do everything I could to reduce her. But I think if you have a NCO like this in your unit the unit itself has a lot of issues in the first place. What kills me also is that she has a combat patch.
What would you have if you were the Safety?
Just so you know that you know it is believed that they Safety was a SSG just the same as was the soldier trying to load the mag.
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What would you have if you were the Safety?
Just so you know that you know it is believed that they Safety was a SSG just the same as was the soldier trying to load the mag.
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Anybody can be INFANTRY. I CAN DO YOUR JOB AS INFANTRY BUT YOU CANT DO MINE. LMFAO. See this why we clown y'all all the damn time cause of this....
Side note it's a damn fuckin shame on her unit and leadership let her be like that and use the damn excuse I'm a reservist like that is ok. Hence why you conduct PMI before every range.
Side note it's a damn fuckin shame on her unit and leadership let her be like that and use the damn excuse I'm a reservist like that is ok. Hence why you conduct PMI before every range.
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I did 13 years active as a POG. 13 years in the Guard in Artillery. I have seen E-5s with attitudes but never that degree of incompetence. On active duty there is too much bureaucracy to knock her back down to E-4 or E-3. In the Guard, I've seen people's rank taken off immediately & told they could put it back on when they deserve it again. Is it legal? Who cares. It is a fantastic motivation though. I've seen great marksmanship from female troops so don't use her gender as an issue. She really does give a reason why the stereotype of female troops still exist today. She is an embarrassment & not professional in the least.
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As a civilian I am not sure how to answer this question, but only by three letters WTF?
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This is more than just a failure on the NCO's part. Her leadership has failed her also by failing to maintain training standards. You are in the Army. Reserve, Active, or Guard, if you can not load a weapon what good are you?
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Given that the instructor is talking as he is filming or some one is filming only demonstrates that the instructor is playing to the camera, which is poor safety in a firing range because his job is to instruct and ensure a safe range. Yes the soldier needs help.
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CPT Pedro Meza
CPT Russell Pitre - This is a command issue that reflects poorly on the command, therefore the command needs to ensure that all are properly trained, beginning with the range instructor.
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If a SSG cannot load a magazine for their respective rifle....
A. They should have never made E-5
B. It doesn't matter if you are reserve, NG, or active.
C. Whomever promoted this soldier should be relieved.
D. If you cannot load a magazine, you have no business wearing the uniform.
E. Should have been removed from the range for remedial training.
A. They should have never made E-5
B. It doesn't matter if you are reserve, NG, or active.
C. Whomever promoted this soldier should be relieved.
D. If you cannot load a magazine, you have no business wearing the uniform.
E. Should have been removed from the range for remedial training.
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Just don't let her stand behind you in an engagement. You will likely become fratricide due to her inability to operate the weapon!!!
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CPT Russell Pitre
But you don't chose when the enemy is going to attack. Makes me think if Jessica Lynch.
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Respectfully tell him/her to quit....... unlike the other NCO in the video.
If you can't navigate the simplest of tasks, you have no business leading other soldiers
If you can't navigate the simplest of tasks, you have no business leading other soldiers
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Oh man probably would have pulled her off the range for some remedial basic rifle marksmanship training
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And people wonder why reservists have such a bad reputation amongst the active duty crowd. When a reserve unit doesn't bother to train BRM regularly enough to the point where you have an SGT that doesn't know how to load a magazine, then that leads to question what other basic fundamental soldiering tasks are being left to the wayside. Her failure is pretty significant, but her leaderships failure is even more so.
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