Posted on Jun 25, 2021
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This SPC calls me "hey man" outside work. I don't work with him directly; just happened to come across couple of times at work, and he did call me "sir". Not sure whether I should even bother to correct this SPC.
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SSG Jonathan Edwards
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Grab the nearest NCO and have a smoke session. Heh.
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SPC Margaret Lome
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Of course! It's your duty!
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MSgt Frank Askins
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It troubles me that you're an "officer" (a captain) and feel a need to ask this question! I might be a little more understand if you were a fresh butterbar!
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Sgt Den OBrien
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Well I guess that all this doesn't matter now since the snowflake "woksters" want "Sir" and "Ma'am" removed from the military vocabulary. By their standards " hey you, hey man," and even a " hey fuckface" would be perfectly acceptable..... until the demands for dentures start to overwhelm the needs for political correctness.
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MAJ Jimmy M.
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Short answer - Yes.
The standard that you walk past has become the new standard. If you accept "hey", will you later accept "yo"?
Even when not in uniform, a Soldier is a Soldier.
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SGT Jeff Everhart
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Yes, he should be corrected, but how it's done is up to you.
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SGT Jeff Everhart
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Yes!
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CPT Endre Barath
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quite frankly if you need to ask this question you should not be an officer no hard feelings Jeff R
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1SG Thom Sowers
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Really? In today's military culture you want respect? Straighten out your puppy mask, polish your fingernails, get your shorts on for guard duty, trim your beard and shine up your stress card. There are no standards any more.
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SPC David Elzinga
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When I was in BASIC TRAINING yes SIR no SIR yes SGT no SGT was pounded into us. Even when I got to my unit if I would mess that up I was corrected on the spot
This is simply second nature
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