Would You Article 15 An Entire Squad?

You seriously want to give Article 15s because your Soldiers didn't respond to a text? How about calling them? If they all failed, then you have also failed since you are their leader. Are you going to put yourself in for an Article 15?

When we start talking about NJP, we are looking at items that have escalated from Administrative to Criminal.

You are literally, not figuratively putting people's careers on the line.

Furthermore more a Squad cannot own a Task. A leader owns a task. A Squad accomplished a task, and the failure or accomplishment of said task may reflect poorly upon all, the blame cannot be shared by participants. It can only go to the Owner, or Leader. "You can delegate Authority, not Responsibility."

If your entire squad failed to do something then you have failed them. If your section failed and you were putting them all in for UCMJ then you should be getting UCMJ as well. I do not like to lead by text or email. I would go see them in person, have a meeting over the weekend with them or call them and talk to them on the phone to make sure they understood what was expected. If they all fail then it is my fault if only one or two fail then you hold them accountable. hold the whole squad to that and get the high speed guys to take care of the slacker or counseling/UCMJ depending on what the problem is. Also get your team leaders involved and have them take care of there guys to make sure that things are happening as they should. Open up communication with your soldiers. That is the best that I can say with the information provided. best of luck.