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I guess I am a little frustrated. If you make a correction on a Soldier, why do they feel the need to justify what they are doing wrong or why their uniform is wrong or even argue with you? I am by no means a perfect NCO, we all need adjustments at times. The need to argue or the attempt to seem disrespectful is not needed. Even if the person making the correction may not be correct there is no need to make a scene out of it, just say "Roger" make the change and move out. If you feel they were incorrect look it up and if you know where they can be located tactfully present them the regulation and then help educate them. Why are we so afraid of receiving constructive criticism. It is all about becoming a professional. Even professional atheletes have bad days and their coaches help them. I find it funny how some soldiers want to pick and chose some of the new changes in AR 670-1 because it benefits them and already have adapted to it but the ones they dont like they want to continue to dismiss.
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I seem to have a very different view on the topic of "tact", at least as it pertains to this topic...
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If someone makes a blunt correction on you, without "pretty please" on top of every sentence, and you outrank them, frankly that little moment of percieved rudeness is the least of your due penance. They should never have had to make that correction in the first place.
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Instead of getting offended, try being ashamed for having to be corrected by your subordinates. Internalize the lesson and go from there, don't just turn it into a dramatic moment. That moment happened because of YOUR error, don't try to defelct it on the person making the correction.
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If someone makes a blunt correction on you, without "pretty please" on top of every sentence, and you outrank them, frankly that little moment of percieved rudeness is the least of your due penance. They should never have had to make that correction in the first place.
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Instead of getting offended, try being ashamed for having to be corrected by your subordinates. Internalize the lesson and go from there, don't just turn it into a dramatic moment. That moment happened because of YOUR error, don't try to defelct it on the person making the correction.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
No one is. Which is why all of us should be able to take a correction without hiding behind our respective ranks.
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One thing to be sure of is that you are making a correction that needs to be made. I often see SNCOs making corrections based on information that they hear and it is not always correct. There are small things in orders that while not commonplace are actually correct. Also there are times that something that is accepted is not actually authorized but everyone looks the other way. So my thing is ensure you are correct before you point something out amd try and correct it.
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Unfortunately a lot of todays Soldiers, not all but a lot, are not used to having their shortcomings pointed out to them or have been raised in a culture where it is felt that they need to have every little thing explained to them before they will make the correction. I used to refer to them as "Generation Why", because that is what would usually follow a lot of the information being put out to them be it a tasking, a class, or a "fix your damned uniform" moment.
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