What would you do if your Sergeant didn't know how to load a magazine?

Easy, corrective training. Train them to standard. I would NOT videotape it and post it for the world to see. That is not leadership. That is being a (insert your favorite word). Here the SGT has clearly failed herself, but her prior leadership failed her by not training her and the current one is just as bad. We all have "that one" Solider who we inherit and it is our job to train them. If after we try and give our 100% and they still fail then process them out. Otherwise you are a "leader" who needs to be processed out.

Where were the other NCO's? I would never let a Junior enlisted soldier talk to an NCO in that manner... no matter how screwed up they were being. The NCO should have been pulled off the line and fixed... but not videotaped/disrespected. Even if the person is screwed up she is still wearing stripes. This whole situation is fubar... I can't believe the unit let that be videotaped.

CPT Russell Pitre Maybe I'm not as acutely aware of being able to identify the sex of a soldier as you are, it seemed to be a gender neutral clip. That said, OMG what happened, what are they doing or not doing in basic training and who promoted a Soldier who can't get past a basic rifle marksmanship/basic combat training task? Guaranteed this is not the only area this Soldier is deficient in.

CPT Russell Pitre Christ, I drive ships for a living, and I can load a magazine. Wow.

Pull her off the range, have someone train her to load mags. She's wasting everyone's time.

I'm assuming every range she's been to in the past they've already had mags loaded for them.

One thing I saw in the National Guard was soldiers who transferred in from Navy or Air Force. Many had never fired the M16 platform or if they had the only time was during basic. They would show up at the range and not have a clue. As RSO I stared asking who had never fired on had limited experience with the M16/M4 platform. I blame their NCOs for not identifying them before going to the range. They were pulled off the range and as time allowed given training.

I am sorry, I couldn't resist!!! WTH is her malfunction!

Several issues I have with this:

1) If this was done as a joke, this was a PISS POOR joke. All this does is show the Reservist being the JOKE of the military to both civilians and other military folk alike.
2) If this situation were real, then this SGT is in the wrong with her answer. Having been MOB'd before, basing that on the 18th Airborne patch she has on her right sleeve, then she should have gone through this before and should know better. Now, if previous ranges she has been on had already loaded magazines....okay fine. But, if this is the first range she has been on where shooters had to load their own mags, then the Range Staff should have done a better job at instructions BEFORE people went to the line. If the self loading was previously identified, then her unit should have added this step to the PMI BEFORE arriving to the range. If they didn't then this fail is on both her (for her attittude) AND her unit for not properly training. If it was added to the PMI and she didn't pay attention, then clearly the fail is on her.
3) The Range Safety right next to her should have removed her from the line and sent her back to the rear for additional training.
4) While I understand the Safetys frustration with this NCO (and I use this loosely), if he were the one that posted this video on social media then that is wrong as well, as he did not help the image of Reservists and the military.

The video looks staged and based on the opening comments, I believe it to be a joke and in poor taste.

Also for the record, the guys voice and the way he talked was beyond annoying!!!!

I just watched this. Something odd about the video. 1. Why are they on the firing line training and shooting a video? Who would allow that? Why is the Soldier loading the magazine there? Why wouldn't she have the magazine loaded before she got to the firing line? Which makes me wonder if this is even real?

OK. I'm with LCDR (Join to see) on this one.

IF this is real...

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CORRECT IN PRIVATE? Facebook? Are you f'ing kidding me? If I was the CO of that soldier who posted it on Facebook, I'd have had him/her in my office RFN (That's even faster than ASAP... it's Right F'ing Now). This soldier would get a written Knife Hand like you wouldn't believe, and he/she would be giving a public apology to the SGT, her entire unit and my entire unit. CPT (Join to see) is right... sorta. It'd be "HULK SMASH" but not at the sergeant.

Then I'd make sure that the SGT's boss made DAMNED SURE this wouldn't happen again.

IF this is fake...

It's not funny, and I've found that my sense of humor scale is A LOT broader than most people.

This hurts my heart....

Since You Happened To Ask,
"What would you do if your Sergeant didn't know how to load a magazine"?
Makes Me Wonder If Perhaps He Didn't Renew His Subscription?

I've been doing this long enough to NOT be surprised by anything. Fix the problem, continue training. Afterwards when I'm not burning daylight on a range, I check to see if I need to conduct more remedial training.

Given just the video, I don't know the backstory or anything about this Soldier's performance, but I do know that being a dick about it can alienate Soldiers who aren't even involved. Being a dick is rarely the preferred technique for teaching someone to do something and do it well, nor does it create optimal conditions for unit cohesion.

Everybody remembers that leader in their career who'd take every opportunity to make everything suck (worse) for those around him. Remember that person?

If Soldier's didn't have deficiencies to be corrected, a great many of us would have to warm up our [rather dusty] resumes.

I would train them properly, or retrain them. Apparently, her chain of command did PMI (pre marksmanship instruction) with her to ensure she was trained properly before she got to the range? That is where I would start.

The thing "between the lines" CPT Russell Pitre that continues to kill me is excuse making - "I am not on active duty..." But, an active duty service members a a similar comment about are the guard or reserve, they are quick to tell us, they are in the Army... They can't have it both ways.... Can they?

When I was a Company Commander at Fort Drum, I had a PSG, I actually gave a summarized Article 15 to (trying to make a point) because he was failing at every NCO responsibility in AR 600-20; I actually read NCO responsibilities to him from the AR. His comment to me, more than once, was "I have never been a PSG before..." At the ART 15 hearing I told him "I have never been a Company Commander before either."

Sad, but, if a Soldier is not properly trained, we/you need to fix it. I would start with her NCOs who sent them to the range...

I'm sure that my first reaction (like most NCOs) would be utter disbelief that a fellow NCO doesn't know how to load a magazine. Beyond that, it's a teachable moment. Remove the shooter from the firing line, teach her what she's doing wrong while having a private chat about an NCOs responsible to remain proficient at basic tasks, and move on. There's no reason for this to be filmed, let alone posted on the web, but there's every reason to fix the problem. As noted by others, it also appears that there are some range safety rules that need to be reviewed, and there's a real good chance that this SGT shouldn't be allowed to shoot that day unless a whole lot of proficiencies can be demonstrated first.

Well, I think a lot of what you said is probably true as far as the unit having issues. I wish I could see the video to see how the Spc. handled it. Myself I am a retired SSG and I think if one of my Sergeants had this issue I would first be embarrassed that I failed him as a leader in such a simple task. I would certainly give him a counseling statement and the corrective action would be for him/her to load all magazines for the unit. It would be for a given time over maybe the next few ranges or something to that effect.
The piece about her having a combat patch I would have to see if she had actually deployed if she hadn't deployed with me.
If the SGT did not report to me I would report the incident to her NCO or officer, depending upon who was available.

Unbelievable. On all accounts. You have an unbelievably untrained NCO who clearly believes that being in the reserves is an excuse to be a piss poor soldier, and on the other hand, there is that mouthy Specialist who is more concerned with being able to belittle and disrespect a higher rank than actually helping the situation. This is one of far too many flags that are raised showing the decline of our military.

OMG ! That is an accident waiting to happen ! SMDH !