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?

How could she have ever made E5 much less E6 if she couldn’t reload? If she had combat time I feel sorry for her team mates. In the old days in Nam if a Sgt couldn’t even reload their weapon they wouldn’t last after there first fire fight.

This is what you get when you let women and homosexuals in the Army. Sorry boys-it was pushed on us-get used to it and get ready for higher casualty rates.

One it does not help anything showing this . Two people are saying stuff about her saying she was not active duty. I take that as she was not in a position to be around weapons very often. If you do some thing once a year and are new at it some time people do not remember how to do something. I was lucky I grew up around weapons so when I went to the range I was familiar with how they worked. As to reducing her .. just because she does not have this skill does not mean she is not a good NCO. This is a learned skill. It can be taught and does not tale a minute to do so.

I would have kicked her off the range.

Video removed?

First, don't video something like this. Second, the range safety should ensure that everyone is trained on the weapon, a sign off sheet should do. The NCO above her in her NCO support channel should take her from the range, and teach her. She probably just had a quick class, and got nervous. The Army trains. It's what happens on a continual basis. Even as NCOs training is important. Next time, she should teach a class on the weapon. Teaching, and the prep for the class, helps the teacher to know it better. There should be no shaming. These things happen. That's what training is for. Even NCOs can't know everything. Especially, if its not part of your regular duties. As combat soldiers, we get wrapped around the axle about the things that we take for granted. As combat soldier NCOs it is our job to know all the ins and outs of weapons fire. It is not so, for other MOSs.

She got the rank not on ability or Marita the Obama rules state there we need a quota of vaginas filling those billets it's inlay fare what thus do not understand during war shit on fare

Mother of God!!! NCOs are suppose to be trainers, if they can't load a magazine.........HOW IN ALL THAT IS HOLY DID SHE GET TO BE AN NCO??? This is why I only did 11 years and couldn't do any more.

Were I in charge , she would not havd been out there.
I have worked ranges before. This is danger waiting to happen.

I don't get the problem.
You go to the range to train.
So stop complaining and get her trained proper!