Posted on Apr 6, 2016
When will the Military stop conforming to the volunteer and start upholding the standard rules and regulations?
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No Saluting, Less formations, Grow a beard for religious beliefs, ETC... Everyone signed a contract to abide and to adhere to ”All Military Rules/Regulations and Traditions “. Today, it seems that the Army is conforming to the Volunteer. The New Army Standard is: Conform to the Soldier and discard rules/regulations and tradition. Leaders, where does is stop?
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When I saw the guy with the hat I couldn't help but remember being told that I couldn't wear the acus du rag from the px. It helped keep sweat out of my eyes and helped against fogging of my lenses and goggles when in the turret. also the back tucked into my collar nicely and prevented sunburn on the neck. Yeah I couldn't wear that
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SGT Brent Cann
Suck it up Buttercup. ;-) You'll be alright, I promise.....Now go get a box of tissues if that will help, BIG Spec. ;-)
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SPC James Harsh
SGT Brent Cann - It's a funny story. The SGM that was attached to us had told me to remove it. The good thing about having Air Force brass around was they got him shipped back to the states, I sort of felt bad for him at that point.
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SGT Brent Cann
SPC James Harsh - :-) So, a SGM was upholding the AR 670-1 and the Air Force Brass (My Father is retired Air Force as well.) had him shipped out for being to "hard" on his Troops? Did I understand the context clearly?
P.S. Thank you for your Service.
P.S. Thank you for your Service.
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I think it depends greatly on individual commands. It becomes quite obvious that not all units follow the same rules & regs when they are brought together to train. That goes for the active duty & the Guard. Some units seem to operate on union rules where they have to get so many breaks & have designated meal times. When work needs to be completed & they aren't coddled like in their duty command, they get pretty insubordinate. I've been in units where we trained in all kinds of weather. We only took breaks due to (real) temperature extremes or severe storms. God forbid if someone gets snow down their collar or they get drenched during a jump. It is no longer an Army of one. It's too fragmented, lacking standards & cohesion. The top command needs to get back to being military professionals & to stop being politicians in uniform.
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agreed, we are using the U.S. military for experiments in political correctness over continuing with making it the most lethal fighting force the world has ever seen, there is no place for politics in the military, no place for political correctness and it's no place for "safe spaces" the main purpose of the military is to kill people and break things, all the humanitarian missions are secondary to that... and all the p.c. bullshit is, or should be, nonexistent
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It's not all about changing to conform to the new Soldiers.
If your opposition to the changes is that great, ETS or retire.
If your opposition to the changes is that great, ETS or retire.
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To answer the question; with the latest article on changes coming to BCT/AIT I think that is a start.
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Last I checked, we are ALL volunteers, or were you drafted? Also as a SFC, maybe you should enforce rules and regulations, rather than bitching about Soldiers in public social media.
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