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

I would suggest to the CO that the Sgt be reduced in rank to E1 and sent back to basic training

Why all this squabbling? Why are you telling literally everyone you'd sack her given the chance? This is an easily fixable problem and I am confident you are being loose with meaning of the phrase "didn't know how." Be a team player and get along!

One year, the HQs, KSARNG went to Pinon Canon CO to be the higher Hqs for the 35th ID. We had a really bad storm and everything got wet and dirty. One of the best NCO's I served with helped the men set up the tent and called most of the enlisted solders over to the tent to help them learn how to field strip and clean all the weapons. He did this in a teaching mode and the soldiers learned and enjoyed the new skills. It is the role of NCO's to help soldiers learn soldier skills and help them be better without punishment.

I am with the SGM on this one. The whole point of training is to increase the standards of the unit. Identify the weaknesses and remedy them. Ridicule very seldom works and when it does it is because the unit is a tight nit group that feels comfortable busting each other together so everyone learns. Use very sparingly. This does not belong on the internet.

Definitely pulled from the line and sent to the rear for retraining. If she has many deficiencies, possibly some counseling. Defiantly noted by chain of command to reflect on NCOER so people that are squared away get promoted over her. We didn't have these issues with males in the infantry. Thank god.....

I can't judge her yet. What you trying to load her in for or M9 or was it a crew-served weapon? You can load a magazine or a drum of ammunition into a M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW). I consider this to be from the internet so with that being said I hope it's not a clueless journalist referring a cantaloupe as a magazine or a clip. One thing is for sure I would not humiliate her in front of her soldiers ready soldiers or her peers. That's not how I operate. Whether or not she is active duty it is her responsibility as first as a soldier and as a non-commissioned officer to know her assigned weapon. If it's anything more than an M9 or a M4 I'm going to say cut her brake and show her the right way. It's not her assigned weapon show her the right way. Don't make an article to get likes because this is all this is. This is a way to generate publicity and to get likes. There are some things that I do not post on social media and I will not change that in my personal policy.

The fact that she is a reservist shouldn't matter. All the comments about getting her off the firing line are true the PMI is in charge of the firing line. Safety is for most in every live firing exercise. Hopefully she will get the proper training to make her an intrigal part of the military.

shes a sgt that doesnt have to qualify annually? i dont understand how one becomes an nco without basic skills ... it used to be soldier first , what to do ? give her a bolo maybe remedial brm is what is in her best interest

Immediatley and discreetly report him to the rangemaster!! He is a danger to himself and others.

What Army is this girl in? How the fuck can you not know how to load a mag? This is a NCO? What the hell is her MOS, postage stamp licker? Did she go to basic?