You guys have it all wrong, this is just a distractor. All this BS is going to PALE in comparison to the shit storm he's going to walk into vis-a-vis his wife and the unreturned phone call.
Case Study: Sun Tzu, III/31
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And knowing Capt Faith as well as I do, it probably would have been. But as soon as the CWO pulled out the punk card, Capt Faith HAD to smack him down. If the CWO was stupid enough to take it down an ugly road, he left the skipper with no choice.
I think those are actually two really good points.
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OK, a couple of "this is what happened in real life" vignettes to carry you over until the next installment of the story. When I took over as commander of the Group MID (which happened much less dramatically than reflected in this case study, lol) there was a HUGE problem with people "ACAP"-ing for protracted periods of time. Basically, the ROAD warrants and senior NCOs were milking the system for all it was worth, in fact one of them had already started another job, which was in my opinion defrauding the government. They were able to get away with this for so long for a number of reasons, beginning with the expectation of Big Boy Rules, a lack of understanding of the ACAP program by the senior leadership, the chaos that comes with having a unit in which people are constantly coming and going, and most importantly, a general sense of apathy in the unit.
For the most part, the troops in the MID were solid, there were just some bad apples in the warrant officer and senior NCO ranks. The det sergeant, who you guys haven't "met" yet (there was a different MID det sergeant prior to the one you have already read about in past case studies) was absolutely outstanding. The fact that MID was functioning at all is, IMO, a testament to his abilities.
When I took over the MID, I decided I needed to focus on the basics. A lot of really basic stuff that was supposed to be getting done, simply wasn't. There were a number of reasons for this, some of them semi-legit, but something as simple as "the Group requires all of us to be at PT @ 0630 every duty day when we're in garrison, so we're going to be at PT @ 0630 every duty day when we're in garrison" got pushback. One of the warrants actually did confront me at PT formation with something similar to the "what, am I going to be doing two-mile runs in my retirement?" situation above. He didn't use profanity nor was he particularly disrespectful (he was lazy, but not stupid!) but it really showed his character. He was all in for himself, not for the unit or the mission.
Well, I had been a company commander prior to getting the MID gig, and I had also been an infantry platoon leader in the 101st for a couple of months short of two years, so I was VERY familiar with the ACAP program, and knew with certainty that it did NOT involve 6+ months of free leave on the Army dime. That shit came to a screeching halt, and some of the soon-to-be retirees did not appreciate it. I got that warrant out of my unit as soon as possible, and his replacement was outstanding.
While the incident between CPT Faith and Chief Dodger as related previously is a total fabrication, those situations do come up from time to time. Our Army is dependent upon discipline and deference to authority; without discipline everything comes apart. When there are breaches of discipline as severe as the fictional one that just occurred, the reaction has to be swift, decisive, and commensurate with the nature of the offense. Getting booted from the job was the least that should have happened to the warrant in this story, and maybe even a referral for UCMJ.
Anytime you're dealing with discipline issues, though, you have to be sure that you don't exceed your authority. If you're an NCO, don't say you're going to give Joe an Art. 15; you don't have that authority (some exceptions apply but this is usually the case). Also, the way things "should" be are not always the way things "are." And if you are a young captain in a new unit, and you already have a long list of enemies and a very short list of friends, you might ought to have thought twice before you fire someone who has been in the unit (and the Army) a lot longer than you, and who might have a way to thwart his termination. I guess we'll have to see how this all works out for CPT Faith.
For the most part, the troops in the MID were solid, there were just some bad apples in the warrant officer and senior NCO ranks. The det sergeant, who you guys haven't "met" yet (there was a different MID det sergeant prior to the one you have already read about in past case studies) was absolutely outstanding. The fact that MID was functioning at all is, IMO, a testament to his abilities.
When I took over the MID, I decided I needed to focus on the basics. A lot of really basic stuff that was supposed to be getting done, simply wasn't. There were a number of reasons for this, some of them semi-legit, but something as simple as "the Group requires all of us to be at PT @ 0630 every duty day when we're in garrison, so we're going to be at PT @ 0630 every duty day when we're in garrison" got pushback. One of the warrants actually did confront me at PT formation with something similar to the "what, am I going to be doing two-mile runs in my retirement?" situation above. He didn't use profanity nor was he particularly disrespectful (he was lazy, but not stupid!) but it really showed his character. He was all in for himself, not for the unit or the mission.
Well, I had been a company commander prior to getting the MID gig, and I had also been an infantry platoon leader in the 101st for a couple of months short of two years, so I was VERY familiar with the ACAP program, and knew with certainty that it did NOT involve 6+ months of free leave on the Army dime. That shit came to a screeching halt, and some of the soon-to-be retirees did not appreciate it. I got that warrant out of my unit as soon as possible, and his replacement was outstanding.
While the incident between CPT Faith and Chief Dodger as related previously is a total fabrication, those situations do come up from time to time. Our Army is dependent upon discipline and deference to authority; without discipline everything comes apart. When there are breaches of discipline as severe as the fictional one that just occurred, the reaction has to be swift, decisive, and commensurate with the nature of the offense. Getting booted from the job was the least that should have happened to the warrant in this story, and maybe even a referral for UCMJ.
Anytime you're dealing with discipline issues, though, you have to be sure that you don't exceed your authority. If you're an NCO, don't say you're going to give Joe an Art. 15; you don't have that authority (some exceptions apply but this is usually the case). Also, the way things "should" be are not always the way things "are." And if you are a young captain in a new unit, and you already have a long list of enemies and a very short list of friends, you might ought to have thought twice before you fire someone who has been in the unit (and the Army) a lot longer than you, and who might have a way to thwart his termination. I guess we'll have to see how this all works out for CPT Faith.
^^^^^^ Mara hired a freelance NCO to write that post for him, it's obvious since it is germane, accurate and timely.
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Those NCOs need to get busy writing my term papers for this semester... :)
There's no flogging in the Navy any longer. That's considered hazing...Question. In the Army are you free to flog an individual that drops the "f" bomb on you in front of others? Or is that only the Navy?
I call BS. There's still tons of flogging going on in The Navy. It's not hazing if you're doing it to yourself... :ehh:
Sooooo..help me out here. Is hazing now workplace violence or terrorism. Im really confused. Doesnt someone have a chart or graph or something?:-"
Or some clipart. I'm not googling for navy self flogging, I'm on a work computer and we have an IT code of conduct...
Well, in order to be considered workplace violence there would probably have to be some work actually going on, sooooo...
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All those months at sea will drive a man to do anything I hear.:-"
Ok.... had to do it.... I have a song for this... the band for the digression, the song for the entirety of the thread:
Are we there yet?
You ARE kidding.... well, you haven't really done one of these case studies in patience yet... they take a while... and Mara is at a larger disadvantage than usual... Hurricanes, Nor'easters, college, no NCO's, the holidays coming up, lack of TGL18 due to Wx, riding his bike in the snow... a myriad of issues that detract from his ability to focus on a case study that may or may not have any basis in fact...
Did I mention the alien zombie killer bunnies with rabies and halitosis that are plaguing him too... those are a real buzzkill for the case studies...
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He hasn't even called his wife back... that shitstorm alone could double the length of this case study.
That's kind of why I haven't posted up again recently, I kind of built up the whole phone call bit and now everything I've written is... anti-climatic.
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