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.
https://www.facebook.com/Theseniorspecialist/videos/ [login to see] 43848/?fref=nf
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Active duty, reserve, or National Guard all share one thing in common, all go through the same basic training and AIT. She would have learned how to load a magazine in basic. For a lame response as the one she had, would have landed her in hot water with me. As for a previous comment, wasn't PMI conducted prior to the range?
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Personally I don't think we should post this stuff on the internet, although I did get a chuckle... Absolutely not making excuses for her, an NCO should be held accountable for knowing something as basic as loading a weapon. But I put more blame on her leadership for not knowing the capabilities of their Soldiers. I'd like to see her NCOIC or 1SG on video explaining how she was not properly trained or tested.
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I do not understand the picture or comments. What magazine, on a mg, all I see is a loader or spotter on a mg range??? Are they talking about a different picture?
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Ohhhhh, say it isn’t so!
Her and her entire NCO support channel are in need of a CSM Plumley.
Her and her entire NCO support channel are in need of a CSM Plumley.
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Two thoughts, treat them like the village idiot, or get someone to show them or even do it your self. I confess, if you asked me about certain software programs, I would go to a Private for advice. As they are brought up in this. Now if he got cockey, I would have drive an old M35A2 manual shifting, no power anything, with a water buffalo and ask him to park the buffalo on line. FYI that is not punishment, well maybe not.
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Remedial training. A lot of national guard people only even see their weapon once a year, and when they do the magazines are pre-loaded. It's lame, but a big part of the problem is that there just isn't enough time in the day for guard and reserve to accomplish all the required training. Marksmenship is pushed out by things like Environmental Briefs, and other stuff.
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Not being active should not make any difference, Reserve Units are supposed to qualify I believe 2 times per year, now one of those may be on the EST system if they haven't changed any thing. So unless her unit is not following training doctrine what is her excuses.
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I would have a team member work with the Sgt, knowing if you don't keep your training up, you will forget what to do.
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