Posted on May 18, 2014
When in on a "TRADOC" installation can you correct Trainee privates?
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I was an AIT Platoon Sergeant at Fort Lee. During my time there many of my battles came to Fort Lee to attend school (ALC,SLC Etc.) Many of them were told "Don't even look or talk to the Trainees.
Why would a school that is supposed to teach us how to be professional NCO's, propagate this fear of getting into trouble for correcting Trainees? They would be fine as long as they knew the battle buddy rules and treat them with dignity and respect. Do they have more power than us?
Why would a school that is supposed to teach us how to be professional NCO's, propagate this fear of getting into trouble for correcting Trainees? They would be fine as long as they knew the battle buddy rules and treat them with dignity and respect. Do they have more power than us?
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Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
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It's a cover your butt thing. Every time I go to Jackson for school we are told to find the nearest DS report the infraction and move on. I'm sure it has to do with someone somewhere abused a PVT in some fashion...excessive smoking or otherwise. I've also been told it "confuses" trainees if someone other than their instructor/DS corrects them.
Not sure what's confusing when you do it the right way. Seemingly trainees have the perception if power that will only set them up for failure when they leave the safety net of training.
Not sure what's confusing when you do it the right way. Seemingly trainees have the perception if power that will only set them up for failure when they leave the safety net of training.
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MSG Wade Huffman
Bingo! I was stationed at Jackson as an instructor and we told our students the same thing - to include ANCOC students. It is a CYA thing but to protect YOU not the trainee. You don't want a trainee making a charge against you and it DOES happen. Best action is to report it to the nearest Drill or instructor.
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I am a AIT PSG and was told the same thing when I went to SLC @ Huachuca, in my opinion is preposterous to tell an NCO not to correct deficiencies as he or she finds them, but I had to follow the rules since I did not want to stand in front of the man for something like that
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Answer to your question is: "Yes!" Since the end of the Vietnam Era a Veterans like me and many others and with the All New Volunteer Military where dependents can cuss and chew out the Cmd Chain because they do not enough quality time with their service-member and a very toxic Command Structure throughout all military branches of service. "Yes!" Those within the Cmd ignore basic leadership values and ethos !
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